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ReviewBiochimie2017

PPARs and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Kim H H Liss, Brian N Finck

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Review in Biochimie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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143citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

143 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  13. Hepatoprotective and Antiatherosclerotic Effects of Oleoylethanolamide-Based Dietary Supplement in Dietary-Induced Obesity in Mice.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025
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83 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

2 authors.

Kim H H LissDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Brian N FinckDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. Electronic address: bfinck@wustl.edu.

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
TARGETING THE MITOCHONDRIAL PYRUVATE CARRIER TO TREAT NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITISR01DK104735 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FINCK, BRIAN N · 2015 to 2025
$7.1M
Pediatric Gastroenterology Research Training ProgramT32DK077653 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PHILLIP I TARR · 2007 to 2026
$5.8M
LIPIN 1 IN THE REGULATION OF HEPATIC LIPID METABOLISMR01DK078187 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FINCK, BRIAN N · 2008 to 2016
$2.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078187NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104735NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK077653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a range of liver pathology ranging from simple steatosis to varying degrees of inflammation, hepatocyte injury and fibrosis. Without intervention it can progress to end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Given its close association with obesity, the prevalence of NAFLD has increased dramatically worldwide. Currently, there are no FDA-approved medications for the treatment of NAFLD and although lifestyle modifications with appropriate diet and exercise have been shown to be beneficial, this has been difficult to achieve and sustain for the majority of patients. As such, the search for effective therapeutic agents is an active area of research. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to a class of nuclear receptors. Because of their key role in the transcriptional regulation of mediators of glucose and lipid metabolism, PPAR ligands have been investigated as possible therapeutic agents. Here we review the current evidence from preclinical and clinical studies investigating the therapeutic potential of PPAR ligands for the treatment of NAFLD.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsFibratesLiverNAFLDNASHPPARThiazolidinediones

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PMID27916647
PMCPMC5380579

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