Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19470389›Full record

ReviewGastroenterology2009

Stem cells and liver regeneration.

Andrew W Duncan, Craig Dorrell, Markus Grompe

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Review in Gastroenterology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 264 papers.

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264citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

264 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. [Advances in the construction and application of a novel liver organoid model for hepatitis B virus infection].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  20. Mechanisms of immunity in acutely decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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204 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

3 authors.

Andrew W DuncanOregon Stem Cell Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA.
Craig Dorrell
Markus Grompe

Funding

TRANSPLANTATION ASSAY FOR LIVER REPOPULATING CELLSR01DK051592 · NIDDK · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI GROMPE, MARKUS · 1997 to 2015
$4.8M
Mechanisms of In Vivo Cell FusionF32DK076232 · NIDDK · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI DUNCAN, ANDREW W · 2006 to 2008
$145k
NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK076232NIDDK NIH HHS F32DK076232NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051592NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK51592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the defining features of the liver is the capacity to maintain a constant size despite injury. Although the precise molecular signals involved in the maintenance of liver size are not completely known, it is clear that the liver delicately balances regeneration with overgrowth. Mammals, for example, can survive surgical removal of up to 75% of the total liver mass. Within 1 week after liver resection, the total number of liver cells is restored. Moreover, liver overgrowth can be induced by a variety of signals, including hepatocyte growth factor or peroxisome proliferators; the liver quickly returns to its normal size when the proliferative signal is removed. The extent to which liver stem cells mediate liver regeneration has been hotly debated. One of the primary reasons for this controversy is the use of multiple definitions for the hepatic stem cell. Definitions for the liver stem cell include the following: (1) cells responsible for normal tissue turnover, (2) cells that give rise to regeneration after partial hepatectomy, (3) cells responsible for progenitor-dependent regeneration, (4) cells that produce hepatocyte and bile duct epithelial phenotypes in vitro, and (5) transplantable liver-repopulating cells. This review will consider liver stem cells in the context of each definition.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell CommunicationCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalForecastingGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHepatocytesHumansLiver FailureLiver RegenerationMicePrognosisProspective StudiesRatsRisk Assessment

Identifiers

PMID19470389
PMCPMC3136245

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