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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Disruption of TAK1 in hepatocytes causes hepatic injury, inflammation, fibrosis, and carcinogenesis.

Sayaka Inokuchi, Tomonori Aoyama, Kouichi Miura, Christoph H Osterreicher, Yuzo Kodama, Katsumi Miyai, Shizuo Akira, David A Brenner, Ekihiro Seki

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers.

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167citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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167 citing papers in PubMed, 278 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Understanding TAK1 deficiency in microglia: Dual mechanisms for photoreceptor protection in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Mitochondrial P-JNK target, SAB (SH3BP5), in regulation of cell death.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sayaka InokuchiDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0702, USA.
Tomonori Aoyama
Kouichi Miura
Christoph H Osterreicher
Yuzo Kodama
Katsumi Miyai
Shizuo Akira
David A Brenner
Ekihiro Seki
Osaka University · JPUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

The Southernearch Center for ALPD and CirrhosisP50AA011999 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ANNA S. GUKOVSKAYA · 1999 to 2026
$45.8M
TNF ALPHA AND IMPAIRED WOUND HEALING OF CACHEXIA XIAR01GM041804 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BRENNER, DAVID A. · 1989 to 2013
$3.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA011999NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA11999NIGMS NIH HHS 5R01GM041804NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM041804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) is a MAP3K family member that activates NF-kappaB and JNK via Toll-like receptors and the receptors for IL-1, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta. Because the TAK1 downstream molecules NF-kappaB and JNK have opposite effects on cell death and carcinogenesis, the role of TAK1 in the liver is unpredictable. To address this issue, we generated hepatocyte-specific Tak1-deficient (Tak1DeltaHEP) mice. The Tak1DeltaHEP mice displayed spontaneous hepatocyte death, compensatory proliferation, inflammatory cell infiltration, and perisinusoidal fibrosis at age 1 month. Older Tak1DeltaHEP mice developed multiple cancer nodules characterized by increased expression of fetal liver genes including alpha-fetoprotein. Cultures of primary hepatocytes deficient in Tak1 exhibited spontaneous cell death that was further increased in response to TNF-alpha. TNF-alpha increased caspase-3 activity but activated neither NF-kappaB nor JNK in Tak1-deficient hepatocytes. Genetic abrogation of TNF receptor type I (TNFRI) in Tak1DeltaHEP mice reduced liver damage, inflammation, and fibrosis compared with unmodified Tak1DeltaHEP mice. In conclusion, hepatocyte-specific deletion of TAK1 in mice resulted in spontaneous hepatocyte death, inflammation, fibrosis, and carcinogenesis that was partially mediated by TNFR signaling, indicating that TAK1 is an essential component for cellular homeostasis in the liver.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsApoptosisCell DivisionFemaleGene DeletionHepatocytesInflammationLiverLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsLiver RegenerationMaleMiceSex CharacteristicsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAlanine TransaminaseTab2 protein, mouse

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PMID20080763
PMCPMC2818947
OpenAlexW2052289997

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