Primed circulating monocytes are a source of IL-1β in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

Gut. 2021 Mar;70(3):622-623. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321597. Epub 2020 Jun 22.

Authors

Sven Stengel¹, Arndt Steube¹, Nilay Köse-Vogel¹, Tatiana Kirchberger-Tolstik¹, Sachin Deshmukh², Tony Bruns³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine IV, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
² Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
³ Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany tbruns@ukaachen.de.

PMID: 32571975
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321597

No abstract available

Keywords: ascites; cirrhosis; cytokines; inflammation.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Ascites* / etiology
Ascites* / pathology
Fibrosis
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications
Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
Monocytes* / pathology