The gut–liver axis in sepsis: interaction mechanisms and therapeutic potential

X Zhang, H Liu, K Hashimoto, S Yuan, J Zhang - Critical care, 2022 - Springer
Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition caused by dysregulation of the body's immune
response to an infection. Sepsis-induced liver injury is considered a strong independent …

The role of autophagy in sepsis: protection and injury to organs

X Yin, H Xin, S Mao, G Wu, L Guo - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory disease with infection, and autophagy has been shown to
play an important role in sepsis. This review summarizes the main regulatory mechanisms of …

Thymol alleviates LPS-induced liver inflammation and apoptosis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation and the AMPK-mTOR-autophagy pathway

X Dou, D Yan, S Liu, L Gao, A Shan - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thymol is a natural antibacterial agent found in the essential oil extracted from thyme, which
has been proven to be beneficial in food and medicine. Meanwhile, the NOD-like receptor …

[PDF][PDF] Decreased hepatocyte autophagy leads to synergistic IL‐1β and TNF mouse liver injury and inflammation

Y Shen, SA Malik, M Amir, P Kumar, F Cingolani… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims The proinflammatory cytokine IL‐1β has been implicated in the
pathophysiology of nonalcoholic and alcoholic steatohepatitis. How IL‐1β promotes liver …

Obeticholic acid protects mice against lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury and inflammation

X Xiong, Y Ren, Y Cui, R Li, C Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cholestasis, as a main manifestation, induces liver injury during sepsis. The
farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays an important role in regulating bile acid homeostasis …

Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms as potential therapeutic targets in sepsis-induced multiple organ failure

Y Wu, YM Yao, ZQ Lu - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Sepsis is a dysregulated response to severe infection characterized by life-threatening
organ failure and is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Multiple organ failure is the …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy in liver diseases

E Kouroumalis, A Voumvouraki… - World Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autophagy is the liver cell energy recycling system regulating a variety of homeostatic
mechanisms. Damaged organelles, lipids and proteins are degraded in the lysosomes and …

Understanding the implication of autophagy in the activation of hepatic stellate cells in liver fibrosis: are we there yet?

F Lucantoni, A Martínez‐Cerezuela… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Liver fibrosis (LF) occurs as a result of persistent liver injury and can be defined as a
pathologic, chronic, wound‐healing process in which functional parenchyma is …

From skeletal muscle weakness to functional outcomes following critical illness: a translational biology perspective

J Batt, MS Herridge, CC Dos Santos - Thorax, 2019 - thorax.bmj.com
Intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) is now a well-known entity complicating
critical illness. It increases mortality and in the critical illness survivor it is associated with …

IL-22 ameliorates LPS-induced acute liver injury by autophagy activation through ATF4-ATG7 signaling

L Shao, X Xiong, Y Zhang, H Miao, Y Ren, X Tang… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Uncontrollable inflammatory response acts as a driver of sepsis-associated liver injury
(SALI). IL-22 plays an important role in regulating inflammatory responses, but its role in …