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ReviewJournal of hepatology2016

Exosomes in liver pathology.

Keisaku Sato, Fanyin Meng, Shannon Glaser, Gianfranco Alpini

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of hepatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. 80 years of extracellular vesicles: from discovery to clinical translation.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2026
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  12. Exosome: an overview on enhanced biogenesis by small molecules.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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46 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keisaku SatoResearch, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, USA.
Fanyin MengResearch, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, USA; Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Scott & White, USA; Academic Research Integration, Baylor Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, TX 76504, USA.
Shannon GlaserResearch, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, USA; Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Scott & White, USA.
Gianfranco AlpiniResearch, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, USA; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, USA; Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Scott & White, USA. Electronic address: galpini@medicine.tamhsc.edu.
Baylor Scott & White Health · USCentral Texas Veterans Health Care System · US

Funding

GROWTH REGULATION OF THE INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY TREER01DK054811 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D, GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2000 to 2021
$3.8M
Regulation of Bile Duct Growth in Bile Duct Ligated RatsR01DK062975 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D, GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2005 to 2014
$1.9M
Role of Sensory Neuropeptides in the Regulation of Biliary FunctionR01DK076898 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D, GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2008 to 2016
$1.8M
The Role of Stem Cell Derived Microvesicles in Cholestatic Liver InjuryR01DK107310 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D, GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
Functional characters of non-coding RNAs in alcoholic liver injuryI01BX001724 · VA · RLR VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI MENG, FANYIN · 2012 to 2024
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Role of Mechanosensitive Receptors During Biliary Proliferation and FibrosisI01BX002192 · VA · OLIN TEAGUE VETERANS CENTER · PI GLASER, SHANNON STROUD · 2014 to 2018
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Autocrine/Paracrine Regulation of Intrahepatic Bile Duct GrowthI01BX000574 · VA · RLR VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALPINI, GIANFRANCO D · 2009 to 2022
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are small (∼100nm) membrane-bound extracellular vesicles released by various types of cells into biological fluids. They contain proteins, mRNAs and miRNAs as cargo. Different cell types can take up exosomes by endocytosis and the cargo contained within them can be transferred horizontally to these recipient cells. Exosomal proteins and miRNAs can be functional and regulate physiological cell events modifying the microenvironment in target cells, a key event of liver pathology. Exosome-mediated cell-cell communication can alter tumor growth, cell migration, antiviral infection and hepatocyte regeneration, indicating that exosomes have great potential for development as diagnostic or therapeutic tools. Analyses of circulating total or exosomal miRNAs have identified a large number of candidate miRNAs that are regulated in liver diseases, and the diagnostic testing using single or multiple miRNAs shows good sensitivity and specificity. Some candidate miRNAs have been identified to play an important role in various liver disorders. This review summarizes recent findings on the role of extracellular vesicles in liver diseases and their diagnostic and therapeutic potential, mainly focusing on exosomes but also includes microvesicles in liver pathology.

Indexed as

ExosomesExtracellular VesiclesHumansLiverMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerCancerExosomesLiver diseaseMicroRNAsMicrovesicles

Identifiers

PMID26988731
PMCPMC4912847
OpenAlexW2298244104

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