Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29378174›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of pathology2018

Hippo Cascade Controls Lineage Commitment of Liver Tumors in Mice and Humans.

Shanshan Zhang, Jingxiao Wang, Haichuan Wang, Lingling Fan, Biao Fan, Billy Zeng, Junyan Tao, Xiaolei Li, Li Che, Antonio Cigliano and 7 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hepatocellular carcinoma: signaling pathways and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Notch signalling pathway in development of cholangiocarcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2020
    Review
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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

17 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Shanshan ZhangTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California; Department of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Jingxiao WangDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California; Second Clinical Medical School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Haichuan WangDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California; Liver Transplantation Division, Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lingling FanDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Biao FanDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California; Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Billy ZengDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California; Institute for Computational Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Junyan TaoDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Xiaolei LiDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Li CheDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Antonio CiglianoNational Institute of Gastroenterology "S. de Bellis", Research Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy.
Silvia RibbackInstitute of Pathology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Frank DombrowskiInstitute of Pathology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Bin ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California; Institute for Computational Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Wenming CongDepartment of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Lixin WeiTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Diego F CalvisiInstitute of Pathology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. Electronic address: diego.calvisi@uni-greifswald.de.
Xin ChenDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: xin.chen@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USSecond Military Medical University · CNUniversität Greifswald · DEBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNGastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis" · ITUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DE

Funding

UCSF Liver Core CenterP30DK026743 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Holger Willenbring · 1986 to 2026
$30.7M
Molecular Genetics of Liver CancersR01CA136606 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, XIN · 2009 to 2016
$2.6M
Signaling cascades in cholangiocarcinoma developmentR01CA190606 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, XIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Integrating transcriptomic, proteomic and pharmacogenomic data to inform individualized therapy in cancersK01ES028047 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, BIN · 2017 to 2020
$682k
Targeting glucose metabolism for the treatment of Hepatocellular CarcinomaR21TR001743 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHEN, BIN · 2017 to 2018
$560k
NCATS NIH HHS R21 TR001743NCI NIH HHS R01 CA136606NCI NIH HHS R01 CA190606NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK026743NIEHS NIH HHS K01 ES028047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary liver cancer consists mainly of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). A subset of human HCCs expresses a ICC-like gene signature and is classified as ICC-like HCC. The Hippo pathway is a critical regulator of normal and malignant liver development. However, the precise function(s) of the Hippo cascade along liver carcinogenesis remain to be fully delineated. The role of the Hippo pathway in a murine mixed HCC/ICC model induced by activated forms of AKT and Ras oncogenes (AKT/Ras) was investigated. The authors demonstrated the inactivation of Hippo in AKT/Ras liver tumors leading to nuclear localization of Yap and TAZ. Coexpression of AKT/Ras with Lats2, which activates Hippo, or the dominant negative form of TEAD2 (dnTEAD2), which blocks Yap/TAZ activity, resulted in delayed hepatocarcinogenesis and elimination of ICC-like lesions in the liver. Mechanistically, Notch2 expression was found to be down-regulated by the Hippo pathway in liver tumors. Overexpression of Lats2 or dnTEAD2 in human HCC cell lines inhibited their growth and led to the decreased expression of ICC-like markers, as well as Notch2 expression. Altogether, this study supports the key role of the Hippo cascade in regulating the differentiation status of liver tumors.

Indexed as

Cell LineageSignal TransductionAnimalsBile DuctsCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCholangiocarcinomaFemaleHippo Signaling PathwayHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiceProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktras ProteinsReceptors, Notch

Identifiers

PMID29378174
PMCPMC5866106
OpenAlexW2786994407

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.