Molecular mechanisms of liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV coinfection

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 9184-9208

  Mastroianni, Claudio M ^a,b   Lichtner, Miriam ^a,b   Mascia, Claudia ^a   Zuccalà, Paola ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HCV; HIV; Liver fibrosis; Matrix metalloproteinases; Microbial translocation

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CRYOPYRIN; FAS LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESISTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; CYTOKINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MIXED INFECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COINFECTION; CYTOKINES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 84901402302     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15069184     Document Type: Review

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