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Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2020

Dysregulated Adaptive Immunity Is an Early Event in Liver Cirrhosis Preceding Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.

Sabrina Rueschenbaum, Sandra Ciesek, Alexander Queck, Marek Widera, Katharina Schwarzkopf, Bernhard Brüne, Christoph Welsch, Heiner Wedemeyer, Stefan Zeuzem, Andreas Weigert and 1 more

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Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Research advances in immune and metabolic dysregulation in the diagnosis and treatment of acute-on-chronic liver failure].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  13. Mechanisms and treatment approaches for ACLF.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  14. Mechanisms of immunity in acutely decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  15. Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sabrina RueschenbaumDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital and University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Sandra CiesekInstitute of Virology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Alexander QueckDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Marek WideraInstitute of Virology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Katharina SchwarzkopfDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Bernhard BrüneFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry 1, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Christoph WelschDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Heiner WedemeyerDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital and University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Stefan ZeuzemDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Andreas WeigertFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry 1, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Christian M LangeDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital and University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEEssen University Hospital · DEUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DEUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by high levels of systemic inflammation and parallel suppression of innate immunity, whereas little is known about adaptive immune immunity in ACLF. We therefore aimed to characterize the development of the adaptive immune system during the progression of liver cirrhosis to ACLF. Patients with compensated/stable decompensated liver cirrhosis, acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis, or ACLF were recruited from a prospective cohort study. Comprehensive immunophenotyping was performed using high dimensional flow cytometry. Replication of Conclusion: Impaired innate and-in particular-adaptive cellular immunity occurs relatively early in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis and precedes ACLF. This may contribute to the development of ACLF by increasing the risk of infections in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureAgedCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedProspective Studiescellular immunityimmune checkpointssystemic inflammationT cellstorque teno virusγδ T-cells

Identifiers

PMID33574809
PMCPMC7870861
OpenAlexW3124087449

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