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Rui Castro

@ruicastrohd.bsky.social

Associate Professor @FFULisboa & PI @iMedULisboa | Metabolic liver diseases pathophysiology, biomarkers & treatment | Scientific Committee member @EASL

193 Followers  |  242 Following  |  21 Posts  |  Joined: 08.12.2024  |  1.6959

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Leila Akkari herself spoke about the tumour microenvironment in the context of liver cancer evolution, with Serena Vegna delcing deeper into genetic differences affecting the TME

07.05.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited for #EASLCongress 2025! 🀩

As always, starting with the Basic Science Seminar, this year on Liver Tumours, Exposomics and Personalized Therapies, organised by Leila Akkari, @boulterlab.bsky.social and Jesus BaΓ±ales

@easlnews.bsky.social

07.05.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BS @easlnews.bsky.social Congress

Wed 7πŸ—“οΈWhole-day seminar plus a wet lab on spatial biology (NEW THIS YEAR‼️)
Thu 8πŸ—“οΈState of the Art by Lars Zender
Fri 9πŸ—“οΈMTE sessions on MASLD & MetALD
Sat 10πŸ—“οΈMicrobiome session co-chaired by our own @debbieshawcross.bsky.social

& more!πŸ”—https://tinyurl.com/4ky9r3x9

15.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In HCC, eIF3f|ACSL4 was shown to promote tumour malignancy by promoting fatty acid biosynthesis, with its targeting increasing anti-PD-1 efficacy

πŸ‘‰https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(25)00206-5/fulltext

@jhepatology.bsky.social

08.04.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2️⃣ translational studies on surpassing therapeutic resistance in liver cancer in press @jhepatology.bsky.social

In CCA, cisplatin-induced INF2 degradation was identified as a mechanism of enhanced cisplatin resistance

πŸ‘‰https://journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(25)00219-3/fulltext

08.04.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In a related topic, more about MASLD in an amazing Nature Reviews Disease Primers article just published:

πŸ”— nature.com/articles/s41...

@jvlazarus.bsky.social

12.03.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“’EASL Studio today!πŸ‘‡

In the week celebrating #IWD2025, Saskia van Mil, Sara Della Torre & MΓΌnevver Demir will address mechanisms driving sex disparities in MASLD

Tune in! πŸ“Ί

πŸ”—https://easl.eu/easl-studio-episode/s8e6/

12.03.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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& just published in @jhepatology.bsky.social

🧬Mitochondrial CMPK2 is upregulated in human & experimental MASH
πŸ“ˆEnsues disease progression through the Nlrp3 inflammasome & pyroptosis
πŸ’‰Nordihydroguaiaretic acid is a novel CMPK2 inhibitor supressing MASH

πŸ“° doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

28.01.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by YI E. TorrejΓ³n on how gut EV-kupffer cell interaction contributes to MASLD #SLDsummit

HFD gut-EVs carry Selenocysteine Lyase (SCLY) to Kupffer cells, attenuating pro-inflammatory activity. It also activates ZEB2, inhibiting fibrogenesis

@easlnews.bsky.social

25.01.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stijn Meijnikman on the role of auto-brewery 🍺🦠 in SLD

The goal for the future is to use personalised medicine to eliminate high-ethanol-producing bacteria (gut microbiota transplantation, phages, antibiotics, pre|probiotics)

@easlnews.bsky.social #SLDsummit @debbieshawcross.bsky.social #Liversky

25.01.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Martinez-Chantar addresses potential mitochondria-targeting therapies in MASLD, focusing on:

🎯 Methylation-controlled J protein (MCJ)
🎯 Glutaminase 1 (GLS1)
🎯 Mg2+ transporter CNNM4

using GalNAc-siRNA conjugates πŸ’‰

@easlnews.bsky.social #SLDsummit #Liversky

25.01.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another great study, this time by JerΓ΄me Eeckhoute: what drives hepatocyte-cholangiocyte transdifferentiation?

πŸ”Ž One requirement appears to be relieving epigenetic repression of cholangiocyte genes in hepatocytes ❗️

25.01.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree! πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ Very interesting also to see several recent studies clustering patients based on extrahepatic complications and how this may help prognosis

25.01.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀩🀩🀩 Loved your presentation @dinatiniakos.bsky.social ! Great overview of where liver biopsy and pathology fits within the new MASLD nomenclature; and what the future holds with upcoming innovations! πŸ‘πŸΌ

24.01.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@rautoupe.bsky.social provides an update on endothelium-platelet interactions in SLD:

🎯 LSEC capillarisation increases with liver fibrosis in MASLD
🎯 Aspirin improves MASLD
🎯 Likely by inhibiting platelet accumulation and/or platelet EV release

@easlnews.bsky.social #SLDSummit

24.01.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to join Bluesky.

My main priority will be to contribute building a community of patient-oriented liver lovers.

I also want to post about humanism, creativity, photos….

I was playing this morning to create a logo for the liver community.

Cheers to all.

24.01.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Young Investigator Poster Tour @easlnews.bsky.social #SLDSummit

Huge attendance and interest! πŸ‘πŸΌ

@tom-marjot.bsky.social @madsisraelsen.bsky.social

24.01.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alcohol use disorders increase after bariatric surgery. Why?

🎯 Increased consumption, sure, but also:
🎯 Alcohol pharmacokinetics
🎯 Gut hormone secretion changes

Anja Geerts @easlnews.bsky.social #SLDSummit #liversky

24.01.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯Lancet Review Series 2024
@thelancet.bsky.social

Natural history and progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Image: MASLD progression

Read more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

01.12.2024 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first Young Investigator selected talk @ the #SLDSummit is pure basic science 😍

Erika Paolini used spatial transcriptomics to map the metabolic zonation of hepatocytes in MASLD, showing that PNPLA3 affects zonation by impairing periportal function

πŸ§«πŸ”¬βš—οΈπŸ§¬πŸ§ͺ

@easlnews.bsky.social #liversky

24.01.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is still a lot of debate on the fatty liver disease / SLD nomenclature change, almost 2 years after endorsement by the leading Hepatology societies.

Philip Newsome reflects on the importance to keep discussing the reasoning behind this change

@easlnews.bsky.social #SLDSummit #liversky

24.01.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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@easlnews.bsky.social #SLDSummit kick-off! πŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈβ€βž‘οΈβš½οΈ

Introductory session & welcoming by the organisers

Helena Cortez-Pinto, Christophe Moreno, Bart Staels & Gema Martinez

24.01.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIRST BlueSky post

Thrilled to be back at AASLD/EASL masterclass

In just an hour our incredible team combined their different skills/interests into one beautiful team science proposal

GO TEAMMAIT study πŸ₯‡

#LiverSky

07.12.2024 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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EASL|AASLD Masterclass in Savannah, Georgia!

Had so much fun talking about science communication and social media together with Patricia Bloom!

#LiverSky

08.12.2024 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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