Rita Feio-Azevedo, Markus Boesch, Silvia Radenkovic, Lukas van Melkebeke, Lena Smets, Marie Wallays, Bram Boeckx, Gino Philips, Janaíne Prata de Oliveira, Mohammad Ghorbani, Wim Laleman, Philippe Meersseman, Alexander Wilmer, David Cassiman, Hannah van Malenstein, Evangelos Triantafyllou, Cristina Sánchez, Ferran Aguilar, Frederik Nevens, Jef Verbeek, Richard Moreau, Vicente Arroyo, Alexandre Denadai Souza, Joan Clària, Diether Lambrechts, Bart Ghesquière, Hannelie Korf, Schalk van der Merwe
BACKGROUND AIMS: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a complication of cirrhosis characterized by multiple organ failure and high short-term mortality. The pathophysiology of ACLF involves elevated systemic inflammation leading to organ failure, along with immune dysfunction that heightens susceptibility to bacterial infections. However, it is unclear how these aspects are associated with recovery and non-recovery in ACLF. APPROACH RESULTS: Here we mapped the single-cell transcriptome of circulating immune cells from ACLF-, acute decompensated (AD) cirrhosis patients and healthy individuals...
May 16, 2024: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases