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. 2026 Aug 10;16(16):2520. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16162520
ACLF acute-on-chronic liver failure
AH alcohol-associated hepatitis
ALD alcohol-associated liver disease
ALP alkaline phosphatase
ALT alanine aminotransferase
AST aspartate aminotransferase
ATP adenosine triphosphate
AUC area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve
AUDIT-C Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption
BH Benjamini–Hochberg (procedure)
CBC complete blood count
CCL2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
CCL17 C-C motif chemokine ligand 17
CCL20 C-C motif chemokine ligand 20
CCL22 C-C motif chemokine ligand 22
CCR2 C-C chemokine receptor type 2
CCR4 C-C chemokine receptor type 4
CCR6 C-C chemokine receptor type 6
CD14 cluster of differentiation 14
CI confidence interval
COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019
CRP C-reactive protein
CTP Child–Turcotte–Pugh (score)
CXCL9 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9
CXCL10 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10
CXCL16 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 16
DAMP damage-associated molecular pattern
DC dendritic cell
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FIB-4 Fibrosis-4 index
Foxp3 Forkhead box P3
GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase
HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV hepatitis C virus
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HMGB1 high-mobility group box 1
HSC hepatic stellate cell
IL-8 interleukin-8
IL-17 interleukin-17
INR international normalised ratio
IQR interquartile range
KW Kruskal–Wallis (test)
LCN2 lipocalin-2
LPS lipopolysaccharide
LSEC liver sinusoidal endothelial cell
Ly-6C lymphocyte antigen 6C
LYMF lymphocyte count
MASLD metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
MCP-1 monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
mDF modified Maddrey discriminant function
MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease
MELD 3.0 Model for End-Stage Liver Disease 3.0
MELD-Na Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium
METAVIR meta-analysis of histological data in viral hepatitis (fibrosis staging system)
MIP-3α macrophage inflammatory protein-3 alpha
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NEU neutrophil count
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa B
NKT natural killer T (cell)
NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NLRP3 NLR family pyrin domain containing 3
NOX4 NADPH oxidase 4
PAMP pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PMN polymorphonuclear
ROC receiver operating characteristic
ROS reactive oxygen species
SAM scar-associated macrophage
SBP spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
SII systemic immune-inflammation index
STOPAH steroids or pentoxifylline for alcoholic hepatitis (trial)
TARC thymus and activation-regulated chemokine
Th1 T helper 1 (cell)
Th2 T helper 2 (cell)
Th17 T helper 17 (cell)
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
Treg regulatory T (cell)
WBC white blood cell
ε2 epsilon-squared (Kruskal–Wallis effect size)