Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29109128›Full record

ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2017

SOX9 predicts progression toward cirrhosis in patients while its loss protects against liver fibrosis.

Varinder S Athwal, James Pritchett, Jessica Llewellyn, Katherine Martin, Elizabeth Camacho, Sayyid Ma Raza, Alexander Phythian-Adams, Lindsay J Birchall, Aoibheann F Mullan, Kim Su and 9 more

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

19 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Varinder S AthwalDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
James PritchettSchool of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Jessica LlewellynDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Katherine MartinDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Elizabeth CamachoCentre for Health Economics, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Medical & Human Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Sayyid Ma RazaDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Alexander Phythian-AdamsManchester Centre for Collaborative Inflammation Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Lindsay J BirchallDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Aoibheann F MullanDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Kim SuDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Laurence PearmainDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Grace DolmanNottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Abed M ZaitounDepartment of Cellular Pathology, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Unit in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Scott L FriedmanDivision of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Andrew MacDonaldManchester Centre for Collaborative Inflammation Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5356-1149
William L IrvingNottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Indra N GuhaNottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Neil A HanleyDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Karen Piper HanleyDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK karen.piperhanley@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9473-9647
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USManchester Metropolitan University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1001928Medical Research Council MR/J003352/1Medical Research Council MR/K003194/1Medical Research Council MR/N005953/1Medical Research Council MR/P023541/1Medical Research Council MR/R00191X/1Wellcome Trust WT088566MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrosis and organ failure is a common endpoint for many chronic liver diseases. Much is known about the upstream inflammatory mechanisms provoking fibrosis and downstream potential for tissue remodeling. However, less is known about the transcriptional regulation

Indexed as

AnimalsBile DuctsCarbon TetrachlorideCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionFemaleHepatic Stellate CellsHumansLiverLiver CirrhosisLiver DiseasesMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCarbon TetrachlorideSOX9 Transcription Factorextracellular matrixhepatic stellate cellsliver fibrosisSOX9YAP1

Identifiers

PMID29109128
PMCPMC5709769
OpenAlexW2761533297

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