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Genetic regulation of AIF1 shapes immune and liver injury profiles in chronic alcohol use.
JCI insight - 22 Apr 2026
Antonello Priscila C, Hodgkinson Colin A, Feng Dechun, Marietta Cheryl, Mohana Krishnan Baskar, Parra Maria A, Sun Zhaoli, Gao Bin, Goldman David, Antoine Michelle W
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BACKGROUNDIn chronic alcohol consumers, immune cells may drive the progression from mild liver injury to more severe alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), including alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH) and cancer. Liver macrophages, both resident and infiltrating, express allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF1), which is upregulated during inflammation and enhances immune activation.METHODSUsing serum and urine...
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