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Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction: Distinctive features and clinical relevance

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Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction phenotypes switch from predominantly "pro-inflammatory" to predominantly "immunodeficient" in patients with stable ascitic cirrhosis and in Patients with severely decompensated cirrhoses and extra-hepatic organ failure (e.g. acute-on-chronic liver failure), respectively.
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This article is published in Journal of Hepatology.The article was published on 2014-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 795 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Systemic inflammation & Pattern recognition receptor.

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Endotoxin tolerance: new mechanisms, molecules and clinical significance

TL;DR: The recent appreciation of inflammation as a self-regulating process, the relative contribution of MyD88 versus TRIF signaling pathways in inducing activation or tolerance, plasticity of NF-kappaB function and the role of chromatin modification and microRNAs in LPS-induced gene reprogramming urges a re-evaluation of endotoxin tolerance.
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The liver as an immunological organ

TL;DR: The liver is a unique anatomical and immunological site in which antigen‐rich blood from the gastrointestinal tract is pressed through a network of sinusoids and scanned by antigen‐presenting cells and lymphocytes, which may facilitate direct or indirect priming of lymphocyte, modulate the immune response to hepatotrophic pathogens and contribute to some of the unique immunological properties of this organ.
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Infections in Patients With Cirrhosis Increase Mortality Four-Fold and Should Be Used in Determining Prognosis

TL;DR: In patients with cirrhosis, infections increase mortality 4-fold; 30% of patients die within 1 month after infection and another 30% die by 1 year; prospects with prolonged follow-up evaluation and to evaluate preventative strategies are needed.
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The Liver as a Lymphoid Organ

TL;DR: The liver receives blood from both the systemic circulation and the intestine, and in distinctive, thin-walled sinusoids this mixture passes over a large macrophage population, termed Kupffer cells, which has resulted in a distinctive local immune environment.
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