Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Super enhancer regulation of cytokine-induced chemokine production in alcoholic hepatitis

  • Mengfei Liu,
  • Sheng Cao,
  • Li He,
  • Jinhang Gao,
  • Juan P. Arab,
  • Huarui Cui,
  • Weixia Xuan,
  • Yandong Gao,
  • Tejasav S. Sehrawat,
  • Feda H. Hamdan,
  • Meritxell Ventura-Cots,
  • Josepmaria Argemi,
  • William C. K. Pomerantz,
  • Steven A. Johnsen,
  • Jeong-Heon Lee,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Tamas Ordog,
  • Philippe Mathurin,
  • Alexander Revzin,
  • Ramon Bataller,
  • Huihuang Yan,
  • Vijay H. Shah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24843-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Alcoholic hepatitis is characterized by intense liver inflammation driven by excessive cytokines and chemokines production and immune cell infiltration. Here the authors identify a super-enhancer that regulates the expression of multiple CXCL chemokines in alcoholic hepatitis and may be a potential therapeutic target.