Is interleukin-8 activated in patients with chronic liver diseases and associated with hepatic macrophage accumulation in human liver fibrosis?
IL-8 is strongly activated in CLD, thus likely contributing to hepatic inflammation. Our study suggests a novel role of IL-8 for recruitment and activation of hepatic macrophages via CXCR1 in human liver cirrhosis.
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is a feasible and cost-effective treatment in the management of postburn pathologic scars.