The lipopolysaccharide-TLR4 axis regulates hepatic glutaminase 1 expression promoting liver ammonia build-up as steatotic liver disease progresses to steatohepatitis.
Maria Mercado-GómezNaroa Goikoetxea-UsandizagaAnnarein J C KerbertLeire Uraga GracianteparalucetaMarina Serrano-MaciáSofia Lachiondo-OrtegaRubén Rodriguez-AgudoClàudia Gil-PitarchJorge SimónIrene González-RecioMarcos F FondevilaPablo Santamarina-OjedaMario F FragaRubén NogueirasJavier de Las HerasRajiv JalanMaría Luz Martínez-ChantarTeresa C DelgadoPublished in: Metabolism: clinical and experimental (2024)
Overall, our results suggest that the LPS/TLR4 axis regulates hepatic GLS expression promoting liver ammonia build-up as steatotic liver disease progresses to steatohepatitis.