Hepatocyte Deletion of Triglyceride‐Synthesis Enzyme Acyl CoA: Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2 Reduces Steatosis Without Increasing Inflammation or Fibrosis in Mice

Nina L. Gluchowski, Katlyn R. Gabriel, Chandramohan Chitraju, Roderick T. Bronson, Niklas Mejhert, Sebastian Boland, Kun Wang, Zon Weng Lai, Robert V. Farese, Tobias C. Walther – 13 May 2019 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by excess lipid accumulation in hepatocytes and represents a huge public health problem owing to its propensity to progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and liver failure. The lipids stored in hepatic steatosis (HS) are primarily triglycerides (TGs) synthesized by two acyl‐CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) enzymes.

Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibition as a Therapeutic Target for Alcoholic Liver Disease: From Bedside to Bench

Walter E. Rodriguez, Banrida Wahlang, Yali Wang, Jingwen Zhang, Manicka V. Vadhanam, Swati Joshi‐Barve, Philip Bauer, Robert Cannon, Ali Reza Ahmadi, Zhaoli Sun, Andrew Cameron, Shirish Barve, Claudio Maldonado, Craig McClain, Leila Gobejishvili – 13 May 2019 – Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of liver‐related mortality. There is still no US Food and Drug Administration–approved therapy for ALD, and therefore, identifying therapeutic targets is needed.

Integrated Omics Reveals Tollip as an Regulator and Therapeutic Target for Hepatic Ischemia‐Reperfusion Injury in Mice

Zhen‐Zhen Yan, Yong‐Ping Huang, Xin Wang, Hai‐Ping Wang, Fei Ren, Rui‐Feng Tian, Xu Cheng, Jie Cai, Yan Zhang, Xue‐Yong Zhu, Zhi‐Gang She, Xiao‐Jing Zhang, Zan Huang, Hongliang Li – 11 May 2019 – Hepatic ischemia‐reperfusion (IR) injury is the leading cause of liver dysfunction and failure after liver resection or transplantation and lacks effective therapeutic strategies. Here, we applied a systematic proteomic analysis to identify the prominent contributors to IR‐induced liver damage and promising therapeutic targets for this condition.

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