ArticlePloS one2018
The association of semaphorins 3C, 5A and 6D with liver fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C.
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- FBXW7 mitigates hepatic fibrosis by degrading NOTCH1 to transcriptionally silence SEMA3G in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Shapes a Distinct Semaphorin-Cytokine Immune Signature in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The Role of Immune Semaphorins in Sepsis-A Prospective Cohort Study.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- A genome-wide association study on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation reveals novel genomic loci associated with transplant outcomes.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- SEMA6B induces macrophage-mediated inflammation and hepatocyte apoptosis in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure.Theranostics · 2024Article
- Semaphorin 6 Family-An Important Yet Overlooked Group of Signaling Proteins Involved in Cancerogenesis.Cancers · 2023Review
- Association of Immune Semaphorins with COVID-19 Severity and Outcomes.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Do Semaphorins Play a Role in Development of Fibrosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Discovering the Protective Effects of Resveratrol on Aflatoxin B1-Induced Toxicity: A Whole Transcriptomic Study in a Bovine Hepatocyte Cell Line.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Semaphorins are a diverse family of immunoregulators recently recognized to play a major role in various phases of immune responses. Their role in chronic viral hepatitis C (CHC) and contribution to the progression of liver disease is unknown. The aim of this study was to analyse the association of secreted semaphorins with the severity of liver disease in patients with CHC. Serum concentrations of semaphorins were measured in 114 treatment-naive CHC patients and 36 healthy controls. Serum concentrations of SEMA3A, SEMA3C, SEMA5A, SEMA6B and SEMA6D were significantly increased in patients with CHC compared to controls. While serum concentrations of SEMA3C and SEMA6D significantly increased with fibrosis stage in both HCV-g1 and HCV-g3 infections, the concentration of SEMA5A inversely correlated with fibrosis stage in both HCV genotypes. ROC analysis showed that serum concentrations of SEMA3C (>4.0ng/mL, AUC 0.88) and SEMA6D (>4.5, AUC 0.82) had higher AUC than widely used APRI (AUC 0.71) and FIB-4 (AUC 0.74) scores. Serum concentrations of SEMA3C and SEMA6D significantly decreased after DAA and PEG IFN-α/ribavirin therapy, while the serum concentration of SEMA5A significantly increased after DAAs therapy. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the expression of SEMA3C and SEMA5A in hepatocytes, endothelial cells and lymphocytes of cirrhotic livers from CHC patients but not in controls. In conclusion, we provide the first evidence that SEMA3C, SEMA5A and SEMA6D can be considered as markers of liver injury in CHC.
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