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ArticleScientific reports2016

Kupffer cells induce Notch-mediated hepatocyte conversion in a common mouse model of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Maiko Terada, Kenichi Horisawa, Shizuka Miura, Yasuo Takashima, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Sayaka Sekiya, Kanae Matsuda-Ito, Atsushi Suzuki

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Article in Scientific reports, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Notch signalling pathway in development of cholangiocarcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2020
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  13. Hepatic Macrophages in Liver Injury.Frontiers in immunology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maiko TeradaDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kenichi HorisawaDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Shizuka MiuraDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yasuo TakashimaDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yasuyuki OhkawaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Sayaka SekiyaDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kanae Matsuda-ItoDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Atsushi SuzukiDivision of Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kyushu University · JPJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a malignant epithelial neoplasm composed of cells resembling cholangiocytes that line the intrahepatic bile ducts in portal areas of the hepatic lobule. Although ICC has been defined as a tumor arising from cholangiocyte transformation, recent evidence from genetic lineage-tracing experiments has indicated that hepatocytes can be a cellular origin of ICC by directly changing their fate to that of biliary lineage cells. Notch signaling has been identified as an essential factor for hepatocyte conversion into biliary lineage cells at the onset of ICC. However, the mechanisms underlying Notch signal activation in hepatocytes remain unclear. Here, using a mouse model of ICC, we found that hepatic macrophages called Kupffer cells transiently congregate around the central veins in the liver and express the Notch ligand Jagged-1 coincident with Notch activation in pericentral hepatocytes. Depletion of Kupffer cells prevents the Notch-mediated cell-fate conversion of hepatocytes to biliary lineage cells, inducing hepatocyte apoptosis and increasing mortality in mice. These findings will be useful for uncovering the pathogenic mechanism of ICC and developing prevenient and therapeutic strategies for this refractory disease.

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AnimalsBile Duct NeoplasmsBile Ducts, IntrahepaticCarcinogensCell CommunicationCell DedifferentiationCholangiocarcinomaClodronic AcidDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression RegulationHepatocytesHumansJagged-1 ProteinKupffer CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BL3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidineCarcinogensClodronic AcidJagged-1 ProteinNotch1 protein, mousePyridinesReceptor, Notch1Thioacetamide

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PMCPMC5048166
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