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ReviewJournal of hepatology2015

Implications of microbiota and bile acid in liver injury and regeneration.

Hui-Xin Liu, Ryan Keane, Lili Sheng, Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of hepatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Biliary atresia: the role of gut microbiome, and microbial metabolites.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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14 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hui-Xin LiuDepartment of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Ryan KeaneDepartment of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Lili ShengDepartment of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Yu-Jui Yvonne WanDepartment of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA. Electronic address: yjywan@ucdavis.edu.
University of California Davis Medical Center · US

Funding

Retinoids Xenobiotic Metabolism and Tumor PromotionR01CA053596 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WAN, YU-JUI YVONNE · 1996 to 2014
$4.5M
The Role of Probiotic Bifidobacteria and Bile Acid Metabolism in CarcinogenesisU01CA179582 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI MILLS, DAVID ANDREW, SLUPSKY, CAROLYN · 2014 to 2018
$2.8M
Retinoic Acid, Its Receptors, and the LiverR01DK092100 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WAN, YU-JUI YVONNE · 2011 to 2014
$1.4M
RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN AND HEPATOMAR29CA053596 · NCI · LA BIOMED RES INST/ HARBOR UCLA MED CTR · PI WAN, YU-JUI YVONNE · 1991 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS CA53596NCI NIH HHS R01 CA053596NCI NIH HHS U01 CA179582NCI NIH HHS U01CA179582NIDDK NIH HHS DK092100NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK092100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies examining the mechanisms by which the liver incurs injury and then regenerates usually focus on factors and pathways directly within the liver, neglecting the signaling derived from the gut-liver axis. The intestinal content is rich in microorganisms as well as metabolites generated from both the host and colonizing bacteria. Through the gut-liver axis, this complex "soup" exerts an immense impact on liver integrity and function. This review article summarizes data published in the past 30 years demonstrating the signaling derived from the gut-liver axis in relation to liver injury and regeneration. Due to the intricate networks of implicated pathways as well as scarcity of available mechanistic data, it seems that nutrigenomic, metabolomics, and microbiota profiling approaches are warranted to provide a better understanding regarding the interplay and impact between nutrition, bacteria, and host response in influencing liver function and healing. Therefore elucidating the possible molecular mechanisms that link microbiota alteration to host physiological response and vice versa.

Indexed as

Bile Acids and SaltsEndotoxinsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansIntestinal MucosaLiverLiver RegenerationMicrobiotaModels, BiologicalProbioticsSignal TransductionBile Acids and SaltsEndotoxinsBile acid receptorFXRGut dysbiosisGut-liver axisNuclear receptorPartial hepatectomyPrebioticProbiotic

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PMID26256437
PMCPMC4654653
OpenAlexW1424960567

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