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ArticleInternational journal of hepatology2012

MicroRNA Signature in Alcoholic Liver Disease.

Shashi Bala, Gyongyi Szabo

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Article in International journal of hepatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Non-coding RNAs in alcohol-associated liver disease.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2025
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  4. Acute alcohol-associated hepatitis: Latest findings in non-invasive biomarkers and treatment.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  7. Gene Expression Aberrations in Alcohol-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  10. MedComm · 2023
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  18. Epigenetics of alcohol-related liver diseases.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2022
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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shashi BalaDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Gyongyi Szabo
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Alcohol and Monocyte Signaling Administrative SupplementR01AA011576 · NIAAA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Gyongyi Szabo · 1998 to 2026
$9.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a major global health problem. Chronic alcohol use results in inflammation and fatty liver, and in some cases, it leads to fibrosis and cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Increased proinflammatory cytokines, particularly TNF alpha, play a central role in the pathogenesis of ALD. TNF alpha is tightly regulated at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to modulate gene functions. The role of miRNAs in ALD is getting attention, and recent studies suggest that alcohol modulates miRNAs. Recently, we showed that alcohol induces miR-155 expression both in vitro (RAW 264.7 macrophage) and in vivo (Kupffer cells, KCs of alcohol-fed mice). Induction of miR-155 contributed to increased TNF alpha production and to the sensitization of KCs to produce more TNF alpha in response to LPS. In this paper, we summarize the current knowledge of miRNAs in ALD and also report increased expression of miR-155 and miR-132 in the total liver as well as in isolated hepatocytes and KCs of alcohol-fed mice. Our novel finding of the alcohol-induced increase of miRNAs in hepatocytes and KCs after alcohol feeding provides further insight into the evolving knowledge regarding the role of miRNAs in ALD.

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PMID22518321
PMCPMC3296165
OpenAlexW2155513440

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