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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

The microenvironment in the development of MASLD-MASH-HCC and associated therapeutic in MASH-HCC.

Qiulin Wu, Yan Yang, Shixun Lin, David A Geller, Yihe Yan

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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Qiulin Wu *Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Yan Yang *Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Shixun Lin *Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
David A GellerThomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Yihe YanDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a series of obesity-related metabolic liver diseases, ranging from relatively benign hepatic steatosis to metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). With the changes in lifestyle, its incidence and prevalence have risen to epidemic proportions globally. In recent years, an increasing amount of evidence has indicated that the hepatic microenvironment is involved in the pathophysiological processes of MASH-induced liver fibrosis and the formation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The hepatic microenvironment is composed of various parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells, which communicate with each other through various factors. In this review, we focus on the changes in hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), Kupffer cells (KC), dendritic cells (DC), neutrophils, monocytes, T and B lymphocytes, natural killer cells (NK), natural killer T cells (NKT), mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT), γδT cells, and gut microbiota during the progression of MASLD. Furthermore, we discuss promising therapeutic strategies targeting the microenvironment of MASLD-MASH-HCC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularFatty LiverLiver NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseHCCMASHMASLDmicroenvironmenttherapeutics

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PMID40370443
PMCPMC12074932

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