The Role of Monocytes and Macrophages in Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

The Role of Monocytes and Macrophages in Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ALF and ACLF), though distinct clinical entities, are considered syndromes of innate immune dysfunction. Patients with ALF and ACLF display evidence of a pro-inflammatory state with local liver inflammation, features of systemic inflammatory response syndrom...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Triantafyllou, Kevin J. Woollard, Mark J. W. McPhail, Charalambos G. Antoniades, Lucia A. Possamai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
acute liver failure
acute-on-chronic liver failure
monocytes
macrophages
immunosuppression
liver inflammation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02948/full

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