Inflammation and liver cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

YM Yang, SY Kim, E Seki - Seminars in liver disease, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with chronic inflammation and fibrosis arising
from different etiologies, including hepatitis B and C and alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty …

Immunomodulatory role of the extracellular matrix within the liver disease microenvironment

CE McQuitty, R Williams, S Chokshi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chronic liver disease when accompanied by underlying fibrosis, is characterized by an
accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and chronic inflammation. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and pathophysiology of the association between NAFLD and metabolically healthy or metabolically unhealthy obesity

A Lonardo, A Mantovani, S Lugari, G Targher - Annals of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is continuing to rise in many
countries, paralleling the epidemic of obesity worldwide. In the last years, the concept of …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatic stellate cell activation and senescence induced by intrahepatic microbiota disturbances drive progression of liver cirrhosis toward hepatocellular …

B Liu, Z Zhou, Y Jin, J Lu, D Feng, R Peng… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The significance of the relationship between the microbiota and diseases is
increasingly being recognized. However, the characterization of tumor microbiome and their …

Tenascin-C in cardiac disease: a sophisticated controller of inflammation, repair, and fibrosis

K Imanaka-Yoshida, I Tawara… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Tenascin-C (TNC) is a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein classified as a matricellular
protein that is generally upregulated at high levels during physiological and pathological …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin regulates inflammation and fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease through TNC/TLR4/NF-κB/miR-155-5p inflammatory loop

Y Zhou, XY Ma, JY Han, M Yang, C Lv… - World journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is significantly increasing worldwide, and
the incidence of its complications is also on the rise. One of the main complications of T2DM …

Internal affairs: tenascin-C as a clinically relevant, endogenous driver of innate immunity

AM Marzeda, KS Midwood - Journal of Histochemistry & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
To protect against danger, the innate immune system must promptly and accurately sense
alarm signals, and mount an appropriate response to restore homeostasis. One …

Extracellular vesicles: an emerging mechanism governing the secretion and biological roles of tenascin-C

L Albacete-Albacete, M Sánchez-Álvarez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
ECM composition and architecture are tightly regulated for tissue homeostasis. Different
disorders have been associated to alterations in the levels of proteins such as collagens …

Tenascin-c in heart diseases—The role of inflammation

K Imanaka-Yoshida - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tenascin-C (TNC) is a large extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoprotein and an original member
of the matricellular protein family. TNC is transiently expressed in the heart during embryonic …

Tenascin-C function in glioma: immunomodulation and beyond

F Yalcin, O Dzaye, S Xia - Tumor Microenvironment: Extracellular Matrix …, 2020 - Springer
First identified in the 1980s, tenascin-C (TNC) is a multi-domain extracellular matrix
glycoprotein abundantly expressed during the development of multicellular organisms. TNC …