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Platelets: No longer bystanders in liver disease
Author(s) -
Chauhan Abhishek,
Adams David H.,
Watson Steve P.,
Lalor Patricia F.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.28526
Subject(s) - platelet , inflammation , homeostasis , liver disease , immunology , cytokine , endothelium , disease , function (biology) , liver injury , effector , platelet activation , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology
Growing lines of evidence recognize that platelets play a central role in liver homeostasis and pathobiology. Platelets have important roles at every stage during the continuum of liver injury and healing. These cells contribute to the initiation of liver inflammation by promoting leukocyte recruitment through sinusoidal endothelium. They can activate effector cells, thus amplifying liver damage, and by modifying the hepatic cellular and cytokine milieu drive both hepatoprotective and hepatotoxic processes. Conclusion: In this review we summarize how platelets drive such pleiotropic actions and attempt to reconcile the paradox of platelets being both deleterious and beneficial to liver function; with increasingly novel methods of manipulating platelet function at our disposal, we highlight avenues for future therapeutic intervention in liver disease . (H epatology 2016;64:1774‐1784)