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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2017

Association between endotoxemia and histological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Hiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Naoyuki Fujimori, Michiharu Komatsu, Ayaka Okubo, Kyogo Kakegawa, Takefumi Kimura, Ayumi Sugiura, Tomoo Yamazaki, Soichiro Shibata and 8 more

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroyuki KitabatakeHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Naoki TanakaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Naoyuki FujimoriHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Michiharu KomatsuHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Ayaka OkuboHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Kyogo KakegawaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Takefumi KimuraHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Ayumi SugiuraHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Tomoo YamazakiHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Soichiro ShibataHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Yuki IchikawaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Satoru JoshitaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Takeji UmemuraHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Akihiro MatsumotoHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Masayoshi KoinumaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Kenji SanoHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Toshifumi AoyamaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Eiji TanakaHiroyuki Kitabatake, Naoki Tanaka, Toshifumi Aoyama, Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
Shinshu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo assess whether surrogate biomarkers of endotoxemia were correlated with the histological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

methodsOne hundred twenty-six NAFLD patients who had undergone percutaneous liver biopsy were enrolled. Serum lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-binding protein (LBP) and anti-endotoxin core immunoglobulin G (EndoCab IgG) antibody concentrations at the time of liver biopsy were measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays to examine for relationships between biomarker levels and histological scores.

resultsSerum LBP concentration was significantly increased in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients as compared with nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) subjects and was correlated with steatosis (

conclusionLBP/EndoCab IgG were not correlated with lobular inflammation or fibrosis. More accurate LPS biomarkers are required to stringently assess the contribution of endotoxemia to conventional NASH.

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Acute-Phase ProteinsAdultAgedBiomarkersBiopsyCarrier ProteinsEndotoxemiaFatty LiverFemaleFibrosisHumansImmunoglobulin GInflammationLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinLiverMaleAcute-Phase ProteinsBiomarkersCarrier ProteinsImmunoglobulin GLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinMembrane GlycoproteinsEndoCab IgGEndotoxemiaFibrosisLipopolysaccharide-binding proteinNonalcoholic steatohepatitisSteatosis

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PMID28216979
PMCPMC5292346
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