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ReviewMolecular diagnosis & therapy2013

Development of blood biomarkers for drug-induced liver injury: an evaluation of their potential for risk assessment and diagnostics.

David E Amacher, Shelli J Schomaker, Jiri Aubrecht

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Review in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Serum glutamate dehydrogenase activity enables sensitive and specific diagnosis of hepatocellular injury in humans.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  6. International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  7. Circulating microRNA Profiles in Acetaminophen Toxicity.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2020
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  11. MicroRNAs as biomarkers for clinical studies.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2018
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  15. Effect of amlodipine, lisinopril and allopurinol on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2016
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  17. Dysregulated miR1254 and miR579 for cardiotoxicity in patients treated with bevacizumab in colorectal cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David E AmacherToxadvisor Toxicology Consulting, Hadlyme, CT, USA.
Shelli J Schomaker
Jiri Aubrecht
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains a rare but serious complication in drug therapy that is a primary cause of drug failure during clinical trials. Conventional biomarkers, particularly the serum transaminases and bilirubin, serve as useful indicators of hepatocellular or cholestatic liver injury, respectively, but only after substantial and sometimes irreversible tissue damage. Ideally, more sensitive biomarkers that respond very early before irreversible injury has occurred would offer improved outcomes. Novel biomarkers are initially being developed in animal models exposed to intrinsically hepatotoxic stimuli. However, the eventual translation to human populations, even those with known risk factors that predispose the liver to drug toxicity, would be the fundamental goal. Ultimately, some might even be applicable for the early identification of individuals predisposed to idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity potential. This article reviews recent progress in the discovery and qualification of novel biomarkers for DILI and delineates the path to eventual utilization for risk assessment. Some major categories of plasma or serum biomarkers surveyed include proteins, cytokines, circulating mRNAs, and microRNAs.

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AnimalsBiomarkersChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCytokinesDatabases, BibliographicDisease Models, AnimalHumansLiverMetabolomicsMicroRNAsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRNA, MessengerBiomarkersCytokinesMicroRNAsRNA, Messenger

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PMID23868512
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