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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Hepatic inflammation and progressive liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease.

Albert J Czaja

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In one paragraph

Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 178 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
178citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
19.9field-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

178 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 328 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. TheFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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  10. FAM134B controls collagen I dynamics in hepatic stellate cell-driven fibrosis.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2026
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  18. Pathogenesis, Non-Invasive Assessments and Treatment of Hepatic Fibrosis in Autoimmune Liver Diseases.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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118 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Albert J CzajaAlbert J Czaja, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic liver inflammation drives hepatic fibrosis, and current immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, and anti-viral therapies can weaken this driver. Hepatic fibrosis is reversed, stabilized, or prevented in 57%-79% of patients by conventional treatment regimens, mainly by their anti-inflammatory actions. Responses, however, are commonly incomplete and inconsistently achieved. The fibrotic mechanisms associated with liver inflammation have been clarified, and anti-fibrotic agents promise to improve outcomes as adjunctive therapies. Hepatitis C virus and immune-mediated responses can activate hepatic stellate cells by increasing oxidative stress within hepatocytes. Angiotensin can be synthesized by activated hepatic stellate cells and promote the production of reactive oxygen species. Anti-oxidants (N-acetylcysteine, S-adenosyl-L-methionine, and vitamin E) and angiotensin inhibitors (losartin) have had anti-fibrotic actions in preliminary human studies, and they may emerge as supplemental therapies. Anti-fibrotic agents presage a new era of supplemental treatment for chronic liver disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsDisease ProgressionHepatitis C, ChronicHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsInflammation MediatorsLiverLiver CirrhosisSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsImmunosuppressive AgentsInflammation MediatorsAngiotensin receptorsAnti-oxidantsCirrhosisFibrosisInflammationInvestigational drugsTreatment

Identifiers

PMID24627588
PMCPMC3949261
OpenAlexW2049562714

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