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Macrophage Roles in MASLD: Exploring Inflammatory and Metabolic Interactions and the Impact of Exercise Interventions

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  • Yi Sun

  • July 9, 2026

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    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) lacks approved therapies and poses a significant public health burden.

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    Hepatic macrophages play a central role in MASLD pathogenesis, bridging metabolic stress, inflammation, and fibrosis.

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    Single-cell transcriptomics has identified heterogeneous subsets of hepatic macrophages, including lipid-associated and scar-associated macrophages.

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    Exercise interventions can modulate macrophage polarization and improve MASLD by promoting anti-inflammatory signals from skeletal muscle.

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    The review emphasizes the importance of understanding macrophage-centered mechanisms in MASLD and the potential of lifestyle interventions.

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Macrophages in MASLD: from inflammatory and metabolic crosstalk to exercise intervention

  • by Yi Sun

  • July 9, 2026

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