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ArticleAging2016

Transcriptional regulation of PNPLA3 and its impact on susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease (NAFLD) in humans.

Wanqing Liu, Quentin M Anstee, Xiaoliang Wang, Samer Gawrieh, Eric R Gamazon, Shaminie Athinarayanan, Yang-Lin Liu, Rebecca Darlay, Heather J Cordell, Ann K Daly and 2 more

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Article in Aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Gene-based therapies for steatotic liver disease.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Review
  6. Experimental Models to Investigate PNPLA3 in Liver Steatosis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
    Review
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  12. Quantitative digital pathology reveals association of cell-specificJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2019
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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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Wanqing LiuDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Quentin M AnsteeLiver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Xiaoliang WangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Samer GawriehDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana Fatty Liver Disease Research Group, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Eric R GamazonSection of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60627, USA.
Shaminie AthinarayananDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Yang-Lin LiuLiver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Rebecca DarlayInstitute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Heather J CordellInstitute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ann K DalyLiver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Chris P DayLiver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Naga ChalasaniDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana Fatty Liver Disease Research Group, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Newcastle University · GBPurdue University West Lafayette · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USIndiana University School of MedicineShanghai First People's Hospital · CNUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

An integrated genomic and lipidomic approach to human hepatic fat accumulationR21DK090437 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LIU, WANQING · 2010 to 2011
$427k
NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK090437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increased expression of

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAcyltransferasesAdultAllelesCase-Control StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansLipaseLiverMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePhospholipases A2, Calcium-IndependentAcyltransferasesLipaseMembrane ProteinsPhospholipases A2, Calcium-IndependentPNPLA3 protein, humaneQTLfibrosisgenehaplotypeNAFLDPNPLA3

Identifiers

PMID27744419
PMCPMC5310654
OpenAlexW2531231413

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