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ReviewGastroenterology2008

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of liver injury.

Harmeet Malhi, Gregory J Gores

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In one paragraph

Review in Gastroenterology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 240 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
240citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
28.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

240 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 550 citations in OpenAlex.

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180 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harmeet MalhiMiles and Shirley Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Gregory J Gores
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF LIVER CELL INJURYR01DK041876 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI GORES, GREGORY J. · 1992 to 2019
$3.6M
MECHANISMS OF LIVER CELL INJURYR37DK041876 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI GORES, GREGORY J. · 2000 to 2009
$2.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK041876NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK041876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Derangements in apoptosis of liver cells are mechanistically important in the pathogenesis of end-stage liver disease. Vulnerable hepatocytes can undergo apoptosis via an extrinsic, death receptor-mediated pathway, or alternatively intracellular stress can activate the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Both pathways converge on mitochondria, and mitochondrial dysfunction is a prerequisite for hepatocyte apoptosis. Persistent apoptosis is a feature of chronic liver diseases, and massive apoptosis is a feature of acute liver diseases. Fibrogenesis is stimulated by ongoing hepatocyte apoptosis, eventually resulting in cirrhosis of the liver in chronic liver diseases. Endothelial cell apoptosis occurs in ischemia-reperfusion injury. Natural killer and natural killer T cells remove virus-infected hepatocytes by death receptor-mediated fibrosis. Lastly, activated stellate cell apoptosis leads to slowing and resolution of apoptosis. This review summarizes recent cellular and molecular advances in the understanding of the injury mechanisms leading to end-stage liver disease.

Indexed as

Apoptosisfas ReceptorHepatocytesHumansLiver FailureOrganellesTumor Necrosis Factorsfas ReceptorTumor Necrosis Factors

Identifiers

PMID18471544
PMCPMC2553363
OpenAlexW2089671344

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.