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2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Periportal macrophages protect against gut commensal-driven inflammation in the liver

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22K20760
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0803:Pathology, infection/immunology, and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Miyamoto Yu  大阪大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 特任研究員(常勤) (90965336)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Keywords肝臓 / 門脈 / マクロファージ / スカベンジャー受容体 / 貪食 / 抗炎症 / 二次胆汁酸 / 腸内細菌
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The liver frequently receives nutrients absorbed from the intestine, as well as intestinal bacteria and related substances. In a normal liver, the immune system is regulated to avoid excessive responses to such inflammatory stimuli, although many aspects of this mechanism remain unclear. This study elucidated that immunoregulatory macrophages, located near the portal vein, engulf and digest lipids, bacteria, and dead cells, and also produce anti-inflammatory molecules. These macrophages ingest intestinal bacteria and their related substances entering from the intestine at the liver entrance and produce anti-inflammatory cytokines, thereby protecting the liver from inflammation.

Free Research Field

免疫学、微生物学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現代社会では、生活習慣の乱れや偏った食生活などによりリーキーガットになる人の数が増加している。リーキーガットでは腸内細菌などが門脈を経由して侵入してくるため、肝臓をはじめ様々な臓器で炎症が惹起され身体の不調につながる。本研究により、肝臓門脈域の免疫制御性マクロファージが腸内細菌感染に対する生体防御および肝内炎症応答の制御を担っていることを明らかにした。今後このマクロファージの機能を高めることで、リーキーガットに伴う感染症の予防・治療につながることが期待される。

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Published: 2025-01-30  

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