期刊
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 63, 期 3, 页码 609-621出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.04.003
关键词
Alcoholic hepatitis; Regeneration; Liver progenitor cell; Macrophage; Liver biopsy; SPINK1
资金
- Clinical Research Center
- University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva
- Louis-Jeantet Foundation
- FLAGS (Foundation for Liver and Gut Studies) in Geneva
Background & Aims: The role of liver progenitor cell (LPC) expansion, known as a marker of disease severity, as well as the impact of macrophage activation on liver regeneration remains unclear in humans. We aimed to characterize the LPC and macrophage compartments in alcoholic hepatitis (AH), as well as gene expression patterns to identify predictors of a good prognosis in this setting. Methods: Immunohistochemical studies for macrophages, proliferative hepatocytes, total and proliferative LPC, as well as whole liver microarray gene expression were performed on baseline liver biopsies of 58 AH patients early after admission. Abstinent cirrhotic patients were used as controls. Patients were qualified as improvers'' or non-improvers'' based on the change in MELD score three months after baseline. Results: Compared to controls, AH patients demonstrated a significant expansion of macrophages, invasion of LPC and a higher number of proliferating hepatocytes and LPC. In AH patients, total LPC expansion (total Keratin7(+) cells) was associated with liver disease severity. The group of improvers (n = 34) was characterized at baseline by a higher number of proliferating hepatocytes, proliferative LPC (double Keratin7(+)Ki67(+) cells) and liver macrophages as compared to non-improvers (n = 24), despite similar clinical and biological variables. Upregulated genes in improvers were associated with cell cycle mitosis together with a major expression of SPINK1. Conclusions: Higher liver macrophage expansion, increased proliferative hepatocyte but also LPC number, as well as an upregulation of cell proliferation-related genes are associated with a favourable outcome. These new findings open novel therapeutic targets in AH. (C) 2015 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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