Abstract

The pathogenesis of acute liver failure (ALF) involves cell death. Necroptosis is a newly suggested programmed cell death, and receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) has been reported as a marker for necroptosis. However, there are few reports on necroptosis in ALF. Therefore, we evaluated the role of cell death markers such as cytokeratin (CK) 18, cleaved CK (cCK) 18, and RIPK3 in ALF, as well as cytokines and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Seventy-one hospitalized patients with acute liver injury (38 nonsevere hepatitis [non-SH]/22 severe hepatitis [SH]/11 ALF) were studied. No significant difference was found for cytokines, but a substantial increase in HGF levels was found following the severity of hepatitis. The non-SH group had lower levels of CK18 and cCK18 than the SH/ALF group. RIPK3 was significantly lower in the non-SH/SH group than in the ALF group. HGF, RIPK3, and albumin levels were found to be important predictive variables. The present study suggests that cCK18, CK18, and RIPK3 are associated with the severity of hepatitis. RIPK3 and other markers related cell death may be useful for understanding the pathogenesis of ALF and as a prognostic marker of acute liver injury.

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Title
Potential of circulating receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 levels as a marker of acute liver injury
Author
Kondo, Takayuki 1 ; Fujimoto, Kentaro 2 ; Fujiwara, Kisako 2 ; Yumita, Sae 2 ; Ishino, Takamasa 2 ; Ogawa, Keita 2 ; Nakagawa, Miyuki 2 ; Iwanaga, Terunao 2 ; Koroki, Keisuke 2 ; Kanzaki, Hiroaki 2 ; Inoue, Masanori 2 ; Kobayashi, Kazufumi 2 ; Kiyono, Soichiro 2 ; Nakamura, Masato 2 ; Kanogawa, Naoya 2 ; Ogasawara, Sadahisa 2 ; Nakamoto, Shingo 2 ; Chiba, Tetsuhiro 2 ; Kato, Jun 2 ; Fujiwara, Keiichi 2 ; Kato, Naoya 1 

 Chiba University, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan (GRID:grid.136304.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 0370 1101); Chiba University Hospital, Ultrasound Center, Chiba, Japan (GRID:grid.411321.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0632 2959) 
 Chiba University, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan (GRID:grid.136304.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 0370 1101) 
Pages
14043
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2858090377
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.