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ReviewCurrent molecular pharmacology2017

The Activation and Function of Autophagy in Alcoholic Liver Disease.

Bilon Khambu, Lin Wang, Hao Zhang, Xiao-Ming Yin

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Review in Current molecular pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanism and regulation of mitophagy in liver diseases: a review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  9. Cell Death in Liver Diseases: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bilon KhambuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202. United States.
Lin WangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202. United States.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202. United States.
Xiao-Ming YinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202. United States.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

The dynamics and mechanisms of autophagy in ethanol - induced liver pathogenesisR01AA021751 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI TSUKAMOTO, HIDEKAZU, YIN, XIAO-MING · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
Mechanism and role of selective autophagy in ethanol-induced liver injuryR21AA021450 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI YIN, XIAO-MING · 2014 to 2015
$332k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021751NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA021450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an important lysosome-mediated intracellular degradation pathway required for tissue homeostasis. Dysregulation of liver autophagy is closely associated with different liver diseases including alcoholic liver disease. Studies now indicate that autophagy may be induced or suppressed depending on the amount and the duration of ethanol treatment. Autophagy induced by ethanol serves as a protective mechanism, probably by selective degradation of the damaged mitochondria (mitophagy) and excess lipid droplets (lipophagy) and in turn attenuates alcohol-induced steatosis and liver injury. However, the detailed molecular mechanism of selective targeting of mitochondria and lipid is still unclear. Autophagy may possess other functions that protect hepatocytes from ethanol. Understanding these molecular entities would be essential in order to therapeutically module autophagy for treatment of alcoholic liver disease.

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AnimalsAutophagyChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryHepatocytesHumansLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicSignal Transductionalcoholic liver diseaseAutophagyethanollipophagyliver injurymitochondria damagemitophagysteatosis

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PMID26278385
PMCPMC5585070
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