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Targeting the gut-liver-immune axis to treat cirrhosis.
Gut - 1 May 2021
Tranah Thomas Henry, Edwards Lindsey A, Schnabl Bernd, Shawcross Debbie Lindsay
Abstract excerpt
Cirrhotic portal hypertension is characterised by development of the decompensating events of ascites, encephalopathy, portal hypertensive bleeding and hepatorenal syndrome, which arise in a setting of cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction (CAID) and define morbidity and prognosis. CAID describes the dichotomous observations that systemic immune cells are primed and display an inflammatory phenotype, while...
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