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ArticleCurrent pathobiology reports2015

TNFα in liver fibrosis.

Yoon Mee Yang, Ekihiro Seki

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Article in Current pathobiology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Yoon Mee YangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
Ekihiro SekiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Yeast Genetics and Stress Response Genes-BiomedicalP42ES010337 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TUKEY, ROBERT H · 2000 to 2022
$69.8M
LPS binding to TLR4 regulates hepatic stellate cell activation and fibrosisR01DK085252 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI EKIHIRO SEKI · 2011 to 2026
$4.8M
Synergistic Actions By Multiple Toll-Like Receptors in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseR01AA020172 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SEKI, EKIHIRO · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020172NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK085252NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES010337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocyte death, inflammation, and liver fibrosis are the hallmarks of chronic liver disease. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) is an inflammatory cytokine involved in liver inflammation and sustained liver inflammation leads to liver fibrosis. TNFα exerts inflammation, proliferation, and apoptosis. However, the role of TNFα signaling in liver fibrosis is not fully understood. This review highlights the recent findings demonstrating the molecular mechanisms of TNFα and its downstream signaling in liver fibrosis. During the progression of liver fibrosis, hepatic stellate cells play a pivotal role in a dynamic process of production of extracellular matrix proteins and modulation of immune response. Hepatic stellate cells transdifferentiate into activated myofibroblasts in response to damaged hepatocyte-derived mediators and immune cell-derived cytokines/chemokines. Here, we will discuss the role of TNFα in hepatic stellate cell survival and activation and the crosstalk between hepatic stellate cells and hepatocytes or other immune cells, such as macrophages, dendritic cells, and B cells in the development of liver fibrosis.

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hepatic stellate cellhepatocyteLiver fibrosismacrophageTNFα

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PMID26726307
PMCPMC4693602
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