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Title: Systemic inflammation in decompensated cirrhosis: Characterization and role in acute-on-chronic liver failure.
Author: Clària i Enrich, Joan
Stauber, Rudolf E.
Coenraad, Minneke J.
Moreau, Richard
Jalan, Rajiv
Pavesi, Marco
Amorós, Àlex
Titos Rodríguez, Esther
Alcaraz-Quiles, José
Oettl, Karl
Morales Ruiz, Manuel
Angeli, Paolo
Domenicali, Marco
Alessandria, Carlo
Gerbes, Alexander L.
Wendon, Julia
Nevens, Frederick
Trebicka, Jonel
Laleman, Wim
Saliba, Faouzi
Welzel, Tania Mara
Albillos, Agustín
Gustot, Thierry
Benten, Daniel
Durand, François
Ginès i Gibert, Pere
Bernardi, Mauro
Arroyo, Vicente
CANONIC Study Investigators of the EASL-CLIF Consortium
European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure
Keywords: Cirrosi hepàtica
Malalties del fetge
Inflamació
Hepatic cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Inflammation
Issue Date: 1-Oct-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) in cirrhosis is characterized by acute decompensation (AD), organ failure(s), and high short‐term mortality. Recently, we have proposed (systemic inflammation [SI] hypothesis) that ACLF is the expression of an acute exacerbation of the SI already present in decompensated cirrhosis. This study was aimed at testing this hypothesis and included 522 patients with decompensated cirrhosis (237 with ACLF) and 40 healthy subjects. SI was assessed by measuring 29 cytokines and the redox state of circulating albumin (HNA2), a marker of systemic oxidative stress. Systemic circulatory dysfunction (SCD) was estimated by plasma renin (PRC) and copeptin (PCC) concentrations. Measurements were performed at enrollment (baseline) in all patients and sequentially during hospitalization in 255. The main findings of this study were: (1) Patients with AD without ACLF showed very high baseline levels of inflammatory cytokines, HNA2, PRC, and PCC. Patients with ACLF showed significantly higher levels of these markers than those without ACLF; (2) different cytokine profiles were identified according to the type of ACLF precipitating event (active alcoholism/acute alcoholic hepatitis, bacterial infection, and others); (3) severity of SI and frequency and severity of ACLF at enrollment were strongly associated. The course of SI and the course of ACLF (improvement, no change, or worsening) during hospitalization and short‐term mortality were also strongly associated; and (4) the strength of association of ACLF with SI was higher than with SCD. Conclusion: These data support SI as the primary driver of ACLF in cirrhosis.
Note: Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.28740
It is part of: Hepatology, 2016, vol. 64, num. 4, p. 1249-1264
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/128477
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.28740
ISSN: 0270-9139
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