Causes and consequences of innate immune dysfunction in cirrhosis

KM Irvine, I Ratnasekera, EE Powell… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Liver cirrhosis is an increasing health burden and public health concern. Regardless of
etiology, patients with cirrhosis are at risk of a range of life-threatening complications …

Differential abundance testing on single-cell data using k-nearest neighbor graphs

E Dann, NC Henderson, SA Teichmann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Current computational workflows for comparative analyses of single-cell datasets typically
use discrete clusters as input when testing for differential abundance among experimental …

Natural killer cells and regulatory T cells cross talk in hepatocellular carcinoma: exploring therapeutic options for the next decade

AG Bozward, F Warricker, YH Oo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite major advances in immunotherapy, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a
challenging target. Natural Killer (NK) cells are crucial components of the anti-HCC immune …

Ficolins and the recognition of pathogenic microorganisms: an overview of the innate immune response and contribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms

S Bidula, DW Sexton, S Schelenz - Journal of immunology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ficolins are innate pattern recognition receptors (PRR) and play integral roles within the
innate immune response to numerous pathogens throughout the circulation, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Complement system in alcohol-associated liver disease

LE Santiesteban-Lores, MC Carneiro, L Isaac… - Immunology Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Innate immunity contributes effectively to the development of Alcohol-Associated liver
disease (ALD). Particularly, human studies and murine models of ALD have shown that …

Diagnostic and prognostic significance of complement in patients with alcohol‐associated hepatitis

X Fan, RL McCullough, E Huang, A Bellar, A Kim… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Given the lack of effective therapies and high mortality in acute
alcohol‐associated hepatitis (AH), it is important to develop rationally designed biomarkers …

Milo: differential abundance testing on single-cell data using k-NN graphs

E Dann, NC Henderson, SA Teichmann, MD Morgan… - biorxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Single-cell omic protocols applied to disease, development or mechanistic studies can
reveal the emergence of aberrant cell states or changes in differentiation. These …

Major changes of von Willebrand factor multimer distribution in cirrhotic patients with stable disease or acute decompensation

E Palyu, J Harsfalvi, T Tornai, M Papp… - Thrombosis and …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Background There is an unstable balance between pro-and anti-haemostatic processes in
patients with cirrhosis. We hypothesized, that in patients with acute decompensation (AD) …

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in alcoholics

K Kessel, E Forsblom, E Ruotsalainen, A Järvinen - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Alcoholism associates with increased Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
incidence and mortality. The objective was to compare disease progression, treatment and …

Prognostic value of lectin pathway molecules and complement proteins in ascitic fluid and blood in patients with liver cirrhosis

S Glargaard, T Boysen, K Pilely, P Garred… - Scandinavian journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background and aim: Patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites have a poor prognosis with
increased risk of infection related death, as advanced stages of cirrhosis are associated with …