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Summary: The regulatory effect of IL-6 on immune cells is crucial during experimental cerebral malaria pathogenesis. IL-6 neutralization can restore the balance between different immune cell populations and their functions. Blockade of trans IL-6 signaling has been found to affect the expansion of MDSCs and the expression of inflammatory markers, indicating its role in regulating various immune cells during ECM.
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Summary: This study showed that in HBV-ACLF patients, PE-based NB-ALSS in addition to standard medical therapy could improve short-term survival rates, especially in MELD grade 3 patients. Optimization of PE-based NB-ALSS may lead to improved prognosis and potentially save lives in HBV-ACLF patients.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
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Fangwan Yang, Yujuan Liu, Baimei Zeng, Jun Chu, Han Hu, Yanqing Yang, Huan Chen, Caiyun Tian, Ying Li, Shide Lin
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HEPATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Vincenzo Ronca, Maryam Ebadi, Bettina E. Hansen, Gideon Hirschfield, Saleh Elwir, Mohamad Alsaed, Piotr Milkiewicz, Maciej K. Janik, Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, Maria Antonella Burza, Cumali Efe, Ali Riza Caliskan, Murat Harputluoglu, Gokhan Kabacam, Debora Terrabuio, Fernanda de Quadros Onofrio, Nazia Selzner, Alan Bonder, Albert Pares, Laura Llovet, Murat Akyildiz, Cigdem Arikan, Michael P. Manns, Richard Taubert, Anna-Lena Weber, Thomas D. Schiano, Brandy Haydel, Piotr Czubkowski, Piotr Socha, Natalia Oldak, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Atsushi Tanaka, Cynthia Levy, Eric F. Martin, Aparna Goel, Mai Sedki, Irena Jankowska, Toru Ikegami, Maria Rodriguez, Martina Sterneck, Christina Weiler-Normann, Christoph Schramm, Maria Francesca Donato, Ansgar Lohse, Raul J. Andrade, Vilas R. Patwardhan, Bart van Hoek, Maaike Biewenga, Andreas E. Kremer, Yoshihide Ueda, Mark Deneau, Mark Pedersen, Marlyn J. Mayo, Annarosa Floreani, Patrizia Burra, Maria Francesca Secchi, Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, Marco Sciveres, Giuseppe Maggiore, Syed-Mohammed Jafri, Dominique Debray, Muriel Girard, Florence Lacaille, Ellina Lytvyak, Andrew L. Mason, Michael Heneghan, Ye Htun Oo
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Shida Pan, Yingying Yu, Siyu Wang, Bo Tu, Yingjuan Shen, Qin Qiu, Xiaomeng Liu, Nan Su, Yanmei Zuo, Junqing Luan, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Ming Shi, Fanping Meng, Fu-Sheng Wang
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Yunjian Sheng, Yu Zeng, Wenling Luo, Xuemei Zhang, Hang Wang, Jiahuan Jiao
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Jian Zhang, Yu Chen, Zhongping Duan
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Juan Li, Chun-Hua Hu, Yi Chen, Mi-Mi Zhou, Zhi-Jie Gao, Meng-Jun Fu, Jing Wang, Jian-Zhou Li, Tian-Yan Chen, Ying-Ren Zhao, Ying-Li He
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