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ArticleRNA biology2017

ADAR1 deletion induces NFκB and interferon signaling dependent liver inflammation and fibrosis.

Shirley Oren Ben-Shoshan, Polina Kagan, Maya Sultan, Zohar Barabash, Chen Dor, Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch, Alon Harmelin, Orit Pappo, Victoria Marcu-Malina, Ziv Ben-Ari and 4 more

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Article in RNA biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The role of ADAR1 in human pathophysiology.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  12. Lung fibrosis is induced in ADAR2 overexpressing mice via HuR-induced CTGF signaling.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2022
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  13. ADAR1 promotes systemic sclerosisFrontiers in immunology · 2022
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  14. ADAR1 Inhibits HBV DNA Replication via Regulating miR-122-5p in Palmitic Acid Treated HepG2.2.15 Cells.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shirley Oren Ben-Shoshana Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Polina Kaganb Liver Research Laboratory , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Maya Sultanb Liver Research Laboratory , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Zohar Barabasha Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Chen Dora Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Jasmine Jacob-Hirscha Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Alon Harmelinf Department of Veterinary Resources , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
Orit Pappoc Department of Pathology , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Victoria Marcu-Malinaa Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Ziv Ben-Arib Liver Research Laboratory , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Ninette Amariglioa Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Gideon Rechavia Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Itamar Goldsteina Sheba Cancer Research Center , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Michal Safranb Liver Research Laboratory , Chaim Sheba Academic Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Israel.
Sheba Medical Center · ILBar-Ilan University · ILTel Aviv University · ILWeizmann Institute of Science · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) 1 binds and edits double-stranded (ds) RNA secondary structures found mainly within untranslated regions of many transcripts. In the current research, our aim was to study the role of ADAR1 in liver homeostasis. As previous studies show a conserved immunoregulatory function for ADAR1 in mammalians, we focused on its role in preventing chronic hepatic inflammation and the associated activation of hepatic stellate cells to produce extracellular matrix and promote fibrosis. We show that hepatocytes specific ADAR1 knock out (KO) mice display massive liver damage with multifocal inflammation and fibrogenesis. The bioinformatics analysis of the microarray gene-expression datasets of ADAR1 KO livers reveled a type-I interferons signature and an enrichment for immune response genes compared to control littermate livers. Furthermore, we found that in vitro silencing of ADAR1 expression in HepG2 cells leads to enhanced transcription of NFκB target genes, foremost of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL6 and IL8. We also discovered immune cell-independent paracrine signaling among ADAR1-depleted HepG2 cells and hepatic stellate cells, leading to the activation of the latter cell type to adopt a profibrogenic phenotype. This paracrine communication dependent mainly on the production and secretion of the cytokine IL6 induced by ADAR1 silencing in hepatocytes. Thus, our findings shed a new light on the vital regulatory role of ADAR1 in hepatic immune homeostasis, chiefly its inhibitory function on the crosstalk between the NFκB and type-I interferons signaling cascades, restraining the development of liver inflammation and fibrosis.

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Adenosine DeaminaseAnimalsExtracellular MatrixGene ExpressionHepatic Stellate CellsHepatitisHepatocytesHep G2 CellsHumansImmunity, InnateInterferon Type IInterleukin-6Interleukin-8LiverLiver CirrhosisMiceADAR1 protein, mouseAdenosine DeaminaseCXCL8 protein, humanIL6 protein, humanInterferon Type IInterleukin-6Interleukin-8NF-kappa BRNA, Double-StrandedADAR1epitranscriptomefibrosishepatic stellate cellsinflammationinterferonInterleukin 6 (IL6)liver; NFκB pathwayRNA editing

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PMID27362366
PMCPMC5449086
OpenAlexW2474674341

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