Pathogenic mechanisms in HBV-and HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

A Arzumanyan, HM Reis, MA Feitelson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly lethal cancer, with increasing worldwide
incidence, that is mainly associated with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C …

Republished: Innate and adaptive immune responses in chronic hepatitis B virus infections: towards restoration of immune control of viral infection

A Bertoletti, C Ferrari - Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Knowledge of the immunological events necessary to control hepatitis B virus
(HBV) infection has accelerated in recent years, but their translation towards therapeutic …

Lactate-mediated acidification of tumor microenvironment induces apoptosis of liver-resident NK cells in colorectal liver metastasis

C Harmon, MW Robinson, F Hand, D Almuaili… - Cancer immunology …, 2019 - AACR
Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide, with 1.3 million new
cases annually. Metastasis to the liver is a leading cause of mortality in these patients. In …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals intrahepatic and peripheral immune characteristics related to disease phases in HBV-infected patients

C Zhang, J Li, Y Cheng, F Meng, JW Song, X Fan… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective A comprehensive immune landscape for HBV infection is pivotal to achieve HBV
cure. Design We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of 2 43 000 cells from 46 paired …

Human liver-resident CD56bright/CD16neg NK cells are retained within hepatic sinusoids via the engagement of CCR5 and CXCR6 pathways

K Hudspeth, M Donadon, M Cimino, E Pontarini… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale The liver-specific natural killer (NK) cell population is critical for local innate
immune responses, but the mechanisms that lead to their selective homing and the …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Hepatitis B virus

YC Chuang, KN Tsai, JHJ Ou - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a hepatotropic virus and an important human pathogen. There are
an estimated 296 million people in the world that are chronically infected by this virus, and …

[PDF][PDF] Natural killer cells in liver disease

Z Tian, Y Chen, B Gao - Hepatology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Natural killer (NK) cells are enriched in lymphocytes within the liver and have unique
phenotypic features and functional properties, including tumor necrosis factor–related …

T-cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) receptor/poliovirus receptor (PVR) ligand engagement suppresses interferon-γ production of natural killer cells via β …

M Li, P Xia, Y Du, S Liu, G Huang, J Chen… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Natural killer (NK) cell activation is well orchestrated by a wide array of NK cell receptor
repertoire. T-cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) receptor was recently defined as …

The role of innate immunity in the immunopathology and treatment of HBV infection

MK Maini, AJ Gehring - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this review we give a brief update on sensors recently determined to be capable of
detecting HBV, and examine how the virus represses the induction of pro-inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] The role of interleukin-15 in inflammation and immune responses to infection: implications for its therapeutic use

PY Perera, JH Lichy, TA Waldmann, LP Perera - Microbes and Infection, 2012 - Elsevier
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a pleiotropic cytokine with a broad range of biological functions in
many diverse cell types. It plays a major role in the development of inflammatory and …