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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2015

Adipocytokines and hepatic fibrosis.

Neeraj K Saxena, Frank A Anania

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Mechanisms and therapeutic insights into MASH-associated fibrosis.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2026
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  7. Adipokine in Metabolic Liver Disease: Adipo-Brain-Liver Cross talk.International journal of endocrinology · 2026
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  12. Exploring Cirrhosis: Insights into Advances in Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and osteoporosis: the mechanisms and roles of adiposity.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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12 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neeraj K SaxenaUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Howard Hall, Room 301, 660W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: nsaxena@medicine.umaryland.edu.
Frank A AnaniaEmory University School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Suite 201, 615 Michael Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: fanania@emory.edu.
Emory University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

The Role of Leptin in Liver FibrogenesisR01DK062092 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ANANIA, FRANK A · 2003 to 2016
$3.9M
The role of adiponectin in hepatocelluar carcinomaK01DK077137 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI SAXENA, NEERAJ KUMAR · 2007 to 2010
$502k
Beneficial effects of Honokiol against liver cancerR21CA185943 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI SAXENA, NEERAJ KUMAR · 2015 to 2016
$395k
The Role of Leptin in Liver FibrogenesisR56DK062092 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ANANIA, FRANK A · 2012 to 2012
$207k
Adiponectin effects on leptin signaling in hepatocellular carcinomaR03DK089130 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI SAXENA, NEERAJ KUMAR · 2010 to 2011
$149k
Mechanisms of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in fatty liver diseaseI01BX001746 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI ANANIA, FRANK A · 2013 to 2016
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and metabolic syndrome pose significant risk for the progression of many types of chronic illness, including liver disease. Hormones released from adipocytes, adipocytokines, associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome, have been shown to control hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. Hepatic fibrosis is the final common pathway that can result in cirrhosis, and can ultimately require liver transplantation. Initially, two key adipocytokines, leptin and adiponectin, appeared to control many fundamental aspects of the cell and molecular biology related to hepatic fibrosis and its resolution. Leptin appears to act as a profibrogenic molecule, while adiponectin has strong-antifibrotic properties. In this review, we emphasize pertinent data associated with these and other recently discovered adipocytokines that may drive or halt the fibrogenic response in the liver.

Indexed as

AdipokinesFatty LiverHumansInsulin ResistanceLiverLiver CirrhosisMetabolic SyndromeAdipokinesadipocytokinesadiponectinhepatic stellate cellsleptinliver fibrosis

Identifiers

PMID25656826
PMCPMC4718075
OpenAlexW1985575617

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