ArticlePloS one2016
Free Fatty Acids Differentially Downregulate Chemokines in Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells: Insights into Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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- Chemokines in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Pooled it
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- Chemokines and chemokine receptors in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: pathogenic mechanisms and clinical implications.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Review
- The Role of Kupffer Cells and Liver Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Immune crosstalk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: interactions between innate and adaptive immunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The Intriguing Roles of Cytokines in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Loss of endothelial ZEB2 in mice attenuates steatosis early during metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The microenvironment in the development of MASLD-MASH-HCC and associated therapeutic in MASH-HCC.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Angiocrine signaling in sinusoidal homeostasis and liver diseases.Journal of hepatology · 2024Review
- The pivotal role of dysregulated autophagy in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- A narrative review: CXC chemokines influence immune surveillance in obesity and obesity-related diseases: Type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- [Research progress of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023Review
- Non-Parenchymal Cells and the Extracellular Matrix in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Cancers · 2023Review
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- Immune and metabolic cross-links in the pathogenesis of comorbid non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Hepatic interleukin-1 receptor type 1 signalling regulates insulin sensitivity in the early phases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Clinical and translational medicine · 2022Article
- Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Concise Review.Cells · 2022Review
- Macrophage functional diversity in NAFLD - more than inflammation.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a prevalent problem throughout the western world. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) have been shown to play important roles in liver injury and repair, but their role in the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease remains undefined. Here, we evaluated the effects of steatosis on LSEC gene expression in a murine model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and an immortalized LSEC line. Using microarray we identified distinct gene expression profiles following exposure to free fatty acids. Gene pathway analysis showed a number of differentially expressed genes including those involved in lipid metabolism and signaling and inflammation. Interestingly, in contrast to hepatocytes, fatty acids led to decreased expression of pro-inflammatory chemokines including CCL2 (MCP-1), CXCL10 and CXCL16 in both primary and LSEC cell lines. Chemokine downregulation translated into a significant inhibition of monocyte migration and LSECs isolated from steatotic livers demonstrated a similar shift towards an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Overall, these pathways may represent a compensatory mechanism to reverse the liver damage associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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