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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2016

Beyond Preconditioning: Postconditioning as an Alternative Technique in the Prevention of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

Kassiani Theodoraki, Iosifina Karmaniolou, Aliki Tympa, Marios-Konstantinos Tasoulis, Constantinos Nastos, Ioannis Vassiliou, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Vassilios Smyrniotis

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Remote ischemic postconditioning protects against crush-induced acute kidney injury via down-regulation of apoptosis and senescence.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022
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  15. Novel Targets for Treating Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Liver.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kassiani TheodorakiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Iosifina KarmaniolouDepartment of Anaesthetics, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Aliki TympaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Marios-Konstantinos TasoulisSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Constantinos NastosSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis VassiliouSecond Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos ArkadopoulosFourth Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Vassilios SmyrniotisFourth Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 12462 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAretaeio Hospital · GRSt George's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver ischemia/reperfusion injury may significantly compromise hepatic postoperative function. Various hepatoprotective methods have been improvised, aiming at attenuating IR injury. With ischemic preconditioning (IPC), the liver is conditioned with a brief ischemic period followed by reperfusion, prior to sustained ischemia. Ischemic postconditioning (IPostC), consisting of intermittent sequential interruptions of blood flow in the early phase of reperfusion, seems to be a more feasible alternative than IPC, since the onset of reperfusion is more predictable. Regarding the potential mechanisms involved, it has been postulated that the slow intermittent oxygenation through controlled reperfusion decreases the burst production of oxygen free radicals, increases antioxidant activity, suppresses neutrophil accumulation, and modulates the apoptotic cascade. Additionally, favorable effects on mitochondrial ultrastructure and function, and upregulation of the cytoprotective properties of nitric oxide, leading to preservation of sinusoidal structure and maintenance of blood flow through the hepatic circulation could also underlie the protection afforded by postconditioning. Clinical studies are required to show whether biochemical and histological improvements afforded by the reperfusion/reocclusion cycles of postconditioning during early reperfusion can be translated to a substantial clinical benefit in liver resection and transplantation settings or to highlight more aspects of its molecular mechanisms.

Indexed as

Ischemic PostconditioningIschemic PreconditioningAnimalsHumansLiverLiver RegenerationReperfusion Injury

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PMID27340509
PMCPMC4909928
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