Chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor 2–positive monocytes aggravate the early phase of acetaminophen‐induced acute liver injury
Jana C. Mossanen, Oliver Krenkel, Can Ergen, Olivier Govaere, Anke Liepelt, Tobias Puengel, Felix Heymann, Sandra Kalthoff, Eric Lefebvre, Dirk Eulberg, Tom Luedde, Gernot Marx, Christian P. Strassburg, Tania Roskams, Christian Trautwein, Frank Tacke – 15 June 2016 – Acetaminophen (APAP, paracetamol) poisoning is a leading cause of acute liver failure (ALF) in humans and induces hepatocyte necrosis, followed by activation of the innate immune system, further aggravating liver injury. The role of infiltrating monocytes during the early phase of ALF is still ambiguous.