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HEPATOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000241
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The gut and the liver are connected through the gut-liver axis, which influences liver physiology and pathology. The gut microbiota triggers innate immunity and affects the liver immune microenvironment. It also influences metabolism and the efficacy of immunotherapy in liver diseases.
The gut and the liver are anatomically and physiologically connected, and this connection is called the gut-liver axis, which exerts various influences on liver physiology and pathology. The gut microbiota has been recognized to trigger innate immunity and modulate the liver immune microenvironment. Gut microbiota influences the physiological processes in the host, such as metabolism, by acting on various signaling receptors and transcription factors through their metabolites and related molecules. The gut microbiota has also been increasingly recognized to modulate the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors. In this review, we discuss recent updates on gut microbiota-associated mechanisms in the pathogenesis of chronic liver diseases such as NAFLD and NASH, as well as liver cancer, in light of the gut-liver axis. We particularly focus on gut microbial metabolites and components that are associated with these liver diseases. We also discuss the role of gut microbiota in modulating the response to immunotherapy in liver diseases.
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