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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2022

Anti-CD47 antibody treatment attenuates liver inflammation and fibrosis in experimental non-alcoholic steatohepatitis models.

Taesik Gwag, Eric Ma, Changcheng Zhou, Shuxia Wang

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taesik GwagDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Eric MaDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Changcheng ZhouDivision of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.
Shuxia WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3102-2117
University of Kentucky · USUniversity of California, Riverside · US

Funding

WU P&FP30DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2022 to 2025
$5.6M
CD47 as a therapeutic target for obesityI01BX004252 · VA · VA MEDICAL CENTER - LEXINGTON, KY · PI Shuxia Wang · 2021 to 2022
BLRD VA I01 BX004252NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131925NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020579NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098176NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023470NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103527NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM127211
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Abstract

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aimsWith the epidemic burden of obesity and metabolic diseases, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) including steatohepatitis (NASH) has become the most common chronic liver disease in the western world. NASH may progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Currently, no treatment is available for NASH. Therefore, finding a therapy for NAFLD/NASH is in urgent need. Previously we have demonstrated that mice lacking CD47 or its ligand thrombospondin1 (TSP1) are protected from obesity-associated NALFD. This suggests that CD47 blockade might be a novel treatment for obesity-associated metabolic disease. Thus, in this study, the therapeutic potential of an anti-CD47 antibody in NAFLD progression was determined.

methodsBoth diet-induced NASH mouse model and human NASH organoid model were utilized in this study. NASH was induced in mice by feeding with diet enriched with fat, fructose and cholesterol (AMLN diet) for 20 weeks and then treated with anti-CD47 antibody or control IgG for 4 weeks. Body weight, body composition and liver phenotype were analysed.

resultsWe found that anti-CD47 antibody treatment did not affect mice body weight, fat mass or liver steatosis. However, liver immune cell infiltration, inflammation and fibrosis were significantly reduced by anti-CD47 antibody treatment. In vitro data further showed that CD47 blockade prevented hepatic stellate cell activation and NASH progression in a human NASH organoid model.

conclusionCollectively, these data suggest that anti-CD47 antibody might be a new therapeutic option for obesity-associated NASH and liver fibrosis.

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Liver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAnimalsCD47 AntigenDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalHumansLiverLiver CirrhosisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCD47 AntigenAMLN dietCD47NAFLDNASHobesityorganoid

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