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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2006

Molecular therapy for hepatic injury and fibrosis: where are we?

Colette C Prosser, Roy D Yen, Jian Wu

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In one paragraph

Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Colette C Prosser
Roy D Yen
Jian Wu
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Anti-oxidative gene therapy for liver transplantationR21DK069939 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI WU, JIAN · 2005 to 2006
$294k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK 069939NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK069939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic fibrosis is a wound healing response, involving pathways of inflammation and fibrogenesis. In response to various insults, such as alcohol, ischemia, viral agents, and medications or hepatotoxins, hepatocyte damage will cause the release of cytokines and other soluble factors by Kupffer cells and other cell types in the liver. These factors lead to activation of hepatic stellate cells, which synthesize large amounts of extracellular matrix components. With chronic injury and fibrosis, liver architecture and metabolism are disrupted, eventually manifesting as cirrhosis and its complications. In addition to eliminating etiology, such as antiviral therapy and pharmacological intervention, it is encouraging that novel strategies are being developed to directly address hepatic injury and fibrosis at the subcellular and molecular levels. With improvement in understanding these mechanisms and pathways, key steps in injury, signaling, activation, and gene expression are being targeted by molecular modalities and other molecular or gene therapy approaches. This article intends to provide an update in terms of the current status of molecular therapy for hepatic injury and fibrosis and how far we are from clinical utilization of these new therapeutic modalities.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyAnimalsApoptosisExtracellular MatrixHumansLiver CirrhosisMatrix Metalloproteinase 8Oligonucleotides, AntisenseProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IISuperoxide DismutaseTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaMatrix Metalloproteinase 8Oligonucleotides, AntisenseProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IISuperoxide DismutaseTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID16489661
PMCPMC4066080
OpenAlexW7877914

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