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Mouse Model of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease with Fibrosis
Published on: July 18, 2025
Hepatocyte steatosis in HCV patients promotes fibrosis by enhancing TGF-beta liver expression
Andrzej Gabriel1, Adam Ziólkowski, Pawel Radlowski
1Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
Aim:
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between TGF-beta expression in steatotic liver and the stage and yearly progression rate of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients.
Methods:
We examined 44 CHC fatty liver patients, using 76 non-steatotic CHC patients as controls. The stage of hepatic fibrosis was assessed on a score scale. TGF-beta expression was determined with the use of monoclonal serum and the ABC three-step method.
Results:
We demonstrated a positive correlation of steatosis with the stage of fibrosis (P < 0.05). No relationship of thiskind was found with the yearly progression rate of fibrosis (P > 0.09). In steatotic biopsies, TGF-beta expression index in portal spaces and lobules was found to be higher as compared to TGF-beta expression in biopsies without steatosis (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
In CHC patients steatosis induces the development of fibrosis by elevating the hepatic expression of TGF-beta.
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