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ReviewInternational journal of biological sciences2011

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in liver diseases: a novel therapeutic target.

Hua Wang, Fouad Lafdil, Xiaoni Kong, Bin Gao

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of biological sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.8field-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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 275 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hua WangLaboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Fouad Lafdil
Xiaoni Kong
Bin Gao
National Institutes of Health · USInserm · FRNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of liver injury, repair, and immunityZIAAA000368 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI GAO, BIN · 2009 to 2023
$16.1M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that is activated by many cytokines and growth factors and plays a key role in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. STAT3 activation is detected virtually in all rodent models of liver injury and in human liver diseases. In this review, we highlight recent advances of STAT3 signaling in liver injury, steatosis, inflammation, regeneration, fibrosis, and hepatocarcinogenesis. The cytokines and small molecules that activate STAT3 in hepatocytes may have therapeutic benefits to treat acute liver injury, fatty liver disease, and alcoholic hepatitis, while blockage of STAT3 may have a therapeutic potential to prevent and treat liver cancer.

Indexed as

Liver RegenerationAnimalsFatty LiverGlucoseHepatocytesHumansLiver DiseasesMolecular Targeted TherapySignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorGlucoseSTAT3 Transcription Factorliver diseasesliver injurySTAT3STAT3 signaling

Identifiers

PMID21552420
PMCPMC3088876
OpenAlexW2116609639

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