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ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology2021

Diminished Non-Classical Monocytes in the Blood Associate with Disease Severity in Alcoholic Hepatitis.

Elisabeth Busk Rasmussen, Lotte Lindgreen Eriksen, Stinne Ravn Greisen, Anne Louise Hansen, Mikkel Carstensen, Thomas Damgaard Sandahl, Sidsel Støy, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup

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Article in Clinical and experimental gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elisabeth Busk RasmussenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lotte Lindgreen EriksenDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Stinne Ravn GreisenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Anne Louise HansenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mikkel CarstensenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Thomas Damgaard SandahlDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sidsel StøyDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tue Wenzel KragstrupDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6439-397X
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAlcoholic hepatitis (AH) holds a high mortality, and vast macrophage infiltration of the liver is involved in the progressive liver injury. No efficient medical treatment exists, and macrophages may be a future treatment target. Here, we examine associations between non-classical monocyte subsets and cell surface markers of migration with disease activity in patients with severe AH.

methodsWe analyzed samples from two cohorts of patients with AH. Cohort 1 included 15 AH patients, followed for 30 days, and 8 healthy controls (HCs). Cohort 2 included 23 AH patients, followed for 90 days, and 9 HCs. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from both cohorts were analyzed by flow cytometry. Liver biopsies from cohort 2 were analyzed by RNA sequencing.

resultsCirculating non-classical monocytes in all but absent in patients with AH compared to HC in both cohorts (both p<0.0001). The frequency of non-classical monocytes was significantly associated with Maddrey's discriminant function (mDF) (

conclusionIn this study, we describe an almost complete depletion of circulating non-classical monocytes in the blood in two independent cohorts of patients with AH, which may be associated with a possible harmful recruitment of these cells to the liver. These results contribute to a better understanding of the disease, which hopefully can lead to therapies that target the acute inflammatory response leading to severe AH.

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alcoholic hepatitisCCR2CD11bCX3CR1monocytesnon-classical

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PMID34135614
PMCPMC8200175
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