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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2013

MicroRNAs in liver disease.

Gyongyi Szabo, Shashi Bala

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 330 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
330citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.7field-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

330 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 578 citations in OpenAlex.

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270 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gyongyi SzaboDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, LRB208, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Shashi Bala
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

MicroRNAs in Alcoholic Liver Disease Administrative SupplementR01AA020744 · NIAAA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SZABO, GYONGYI · 2011 to 2023
$5.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020744NIAAA NIH HHS R01-AA020744
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small, noncoding microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate diverse biological functions in the liver and increasing evidence suggests that they have a role in liver pathology. This Review summarizes advances in the field of miRNAs in liver diseases, inflammation and cirrhosis. MicroRNA-122, the most abundant miRNA in hepatocytes, has well-defined roles in HCV replication, and data indicate that it also serves as a viable therapeutic target. The role of miR-122 is also emerging in other liver diseases. Ample evidence exists for the important regulatory potential of other miRNAs in conditions associated with liver inflammation related to alcohol use, the metabolic syndrome or autoimmune processes. In addition, a broad array of miRNAs have been associated with the development of liver fibrosis both in animal models and human studies. The significance of the function and cellular distribution of miRNAs in the liver and the potential of miRNAs as a means of communication between cells and organs is discussed as well as the emerging utility of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers of different forms of liver damage and as early markers of disease and progression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Importantly, miRNA modulation in the liver represents a new therapeutic approach in the treatment armamentarium of hepatologists in the future.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseApoptosisCell ProliferationHumansLipid MetabolismLiver DiseasesMicroRNAsMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID23689081
PMCPMC4091636
OpenAlexW1998404710

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