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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2015

Animal models in primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Marion J Pollheimer, Peter Fickert

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Liver GPBAR1 Associates With Immune Dysfunction in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Its Activation Attenuates Cholestasis in Abcb4-/- Mice.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  10. Animal Models of Autoimmune Liver Diseases: a Comprehensive Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2020
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  15. Animal models of biliary injury and altered bile acid metabolism.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2018
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  19. Trichloroethylene Exposure Reduces Liver Injury in a Mouse Model of Primary Biliary Cholangitis.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marion J PollheimerResearch Unit for Experimental and Molecular Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Graz, Austria.
Peter Fickert
Medical University of Graz · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are immune-mediated cholangiopathies with enigmatic etiology and pathogenesis. They have distinct clinical, laboratory, immunological, and histomorphological characteristics. Well-characterized animal models for PBC and PSC are utterly needed to develop novel pathogenetic concepts and to study innovative treatment strategies. The aim of the current paper is to outline the characteristics of ideal PBC and PSC animal models and to contrast this with a real-life up-to-date overview of currently available mouse models. Although some of this models show several individual characteristics of PBC and PSC, it is obvious that all of them have substantial and important limitations. Nevertheless, some may be beneficial to study certain pathophysiological aspects. Potential cholangiopathy animal models should be systematically investigated in regard to elevated serum alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, and bile acid levels; immunological abnormalities; and longitudinal studies in regard to their liver phenotype. We herein propose a common systematic workup for potential models based on the fact that there are some intriguing disease combinations in specific genetically modified mice and recommend a stepwise process in regard to model characterization with methodical harvesting and screening of numerous organs for potential concomitant diseases. Due to the complex nature of both cholangiopathies, it seems to be very likely that no single perfect PBC or PSC model will ever be generated. The models outlined herein will certainly help to clarify specific pathogenetic aspects and even more important may turn out to be suitable to test potential drugs for treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsCholangitis, SclerosingDisease Models, AnimalHumansLiver Cirrhosis, BiliaryMiceMice, KnockoutMice, Transgenic

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PMID25172178
OpenAlexW2015663786

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