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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2010

Liver regeneration is impaired in lipodystrophic fatty liver dystrophy mice.

Vered Gazit, Alexander Weymann, Eric Hartman, Brian N Finck, Paul W Hruz, Anatoly Tzekov, David A Rudnick

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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50 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vered GazitDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Alexander Weymann
Eric Hartman
Brian N Finck
Paul W Hruz
Anatoly Tzekov
David A Rudnick
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University DDRCC Supplemental Equipment RequestP30DK052574 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Nicholas O. Davidson · 2000 to 2026
$30.8M
Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
LIPIN 1 IN THE REGULATION OF HEPATIC LIPID METABOLISMR01DK078187 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FINCK, BRIAN N · 2008 to 2016
$2.8M
Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology of Liver RegenerationR01DK068219 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RUDNICK, DAVID A · 2005 to 2009
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK068219NIDDK NIH HHS DK078187NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK052574NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIDDK NIH HHS P30-DK056341NIDDK NIH HHS P30-DK52574NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK068219NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledWe previously reported that mice subjected to partial hepatectomy exhibit rapid development of hypoglycemia followed by transient accumulation of fat in the early regenerating liver. We also showed that disrupting these metabolic alterations results in impaired liver regeneration. The studies reported here were undertaken to further characterize and investigate the functional importance of changes in systemic adipose metabolism during normal liver regeneration. The results showed that a systemic catabolic response is induced in each of two distinct, commonly used experimental models of liver regeneration (partial hepatectomy and carbon tetrachloride treatment), and that this response occurs in proportion to the degree of induced hepatic insufficiency. Together, these observations suggest that catabolism of systemic adipose stores may be essential for normal liver regeneration. To test this possibility, we investigated the hepatic regenerative response in fatty liver dystrophy (fld) mice, which exhibit partial lipodystrophy and have diminished peripheral adipose stores. The results showed that the development of hypoglycemia and hepatic accumulation of fat was attenuated and liver regeneration was impaired following partial hepatectomy in these animals. The fld mice also exhibited increased hepatic p21 expression and diminished plasma levels of the adipose-derived hormones adiponectin and leptin, which have each been implicated as regulators of liver regeneration.

conclusionThese data suggest that the hypoglycemia that develops after partial hepatectomy induces systemic lipolysis followed by accumulation of fat derived from peripheral stores in the early regenerating liver, and that these events may be essential for initiation of normal liver regeneration.

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AdiponectinAdipose TissueAnimalsCarbon Tetrachloride PoisoningCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Fatty LiverHepatectomyHypoglycemiaLeptinLipodystrophyLiver RegenerationMiceAdiponectinAdipoq protein, mouseCdkn1a protein, mouseCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Leptin

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PMID20967828
PMCPMC2991544
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