Liver-on-a-chip: Considerations, advances, and beyond

Z Yang, X Liu, EM Cribbin, AM Kim, JJ Li, KT Yong - Biomicrofluidics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body with largest mass of glandular
tissue. Modeling the liver has been challenging due to its variety of major functions …

Discrimination of cell-intrinsic and environment-dependent effects of natural genetic variation on Kupffer cell epigenomes and transcriptomes

H Bennett, TD Troutman, E Zhou, NJ Spann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Noncoding genetic variation drives phenotypic diversity, but underlying mechanisms and
affected cell types are incompletely understood. Here, investigation of effects of natural …

Male‐specific activation of lysine demethylases 5B and 5C mediates alcohol‐induced liver injury and hepatocyte dedifferentiation

M Schonfeld, J Averilla, S Gunewardena… - Hepatology …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Alcohol‐associated liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of alcohol‐related mortality. Sex
differences in sensitivity to ALD are well described, but these are often disregarded in …

A Western diet with alcohol in drinking water recapitulates features of alcohol‐associated liver disease in mice

M Schonfeld, M O'Neil, MT Villar… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mouse models of alcohol‐associated liver disease vary greatly in their ease of
implementation and the pathology they produce. Effects range from steatosis and mild …

[PDF][PDF] Alcohol‐associated fibrosis in females is mediated by female‐specific activation of lysine demethylases KDM5B and KDM5C

M Schonfeld, J Averilla, S Gunewardena… - Hepatology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol‐associated liver disease is a major cause of alcohol‐related mortality. However, the
mechanisms underlying disease progression are not fully understood. Recently we found …

Epigenetic regulation of cardiomyocyte maturation by arginine methyltransferase CARM1

TA Garbutt, Z Wang, H Wang, H Ma, H Ruan, Y Dong… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: During the neonatal stage, the cardiomyocyte undergoes a constellation of
molecular, cytoarchitectural, and functional changes known collectively as cardiomyocyte …

[HTML][HTML] Arginine methylation of integrin alpha-4 prevents fibrosis development in alcohol-associated liver disease

M Schonfeld, MT Villar, A Artigues, SA Weinman… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) comprises a spectrum of
disorders including steatosis, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. We aimed to study the …

Inflammatory macrophage to hepatocyte signals can be prevented by extracellular vesicle reprogramming

P Ghosh, K Sasaki, IA Pulido Ruiz… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Macrophage-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) play key roles in intercellular
communication. Within the liver, they have been linked to several inflammatory diseases …

Kupffer cell diversity maintains liver function in alcohol-associated liver disease

K Sasaki, S Rooge, S Gunewardena, JA Hintz… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: In this ALD model, KCs are anti-inflammatory and are critical for maintenance
of hepatocyte differentiation. IMs are largely pro-inflammatory and contribute more to liver …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation of primary human liver cells from normal and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis livers

X Liu, K Lam, H Zhao, S Sakane, HY Kim, A Eguileor… - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we present a protocol for isolating human hepatocytes and neural progenitor cells
from normal and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis livers. We describe steps for perfusion for …