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ArticleCell death discovery2020

sTim-3 alleviates liver injury via regulation of the immunity microenvironment and autophagy.

Ying Yang, Gaoxiang Ying, Fengtian Wu, Zhi Chen

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Article in Cell death discovery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ying Yang *State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China.
Gaoxiang Ying *State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China.
Fengtian WuState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China.
Zhi ChenState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China.
Zhejiang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNState Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver failure (LF) is a monocyte/macrophage-mediated liver injury that has been associated with inflammatory mediators. However, the mechanism through which monocytes/macrophages regulate LF has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the role of soluble T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain-containing molecule-3 (sTim-3) in inhibition of release of inflammatory mediators. We further assess this role in protection against D-galactosamine (D-GalN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute liver failure (ALF), via monocyte/macrophage regulation and autophagy induction in mice. Our findings indicate significantly higher plasma sTim-3 in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) group relative to other groups, with this trend associated with disease progression. Furthermore, infiltrated recombinant sTim-3 inhibited release of various inflammatory mediators, including cytokines and human high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1), potentially via autophagy induction. Furthermore, H&E staining and the low levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in ALF mice, supported that recombinant sTim-3 effectively alleviated liver injury. Moreover, sTim-3 induced changes in monocyte/macrophage population in mice's liver or blood, which consequently caused a reduction in proinflammatory CD11b

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