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ArticleHepatology communications2018

Deficiency of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase in bile acid synthesis exacerbates alcohol-induced liver injury in mice.

Ajay C Donepudi, Jessica M Ferrell, Shannon Boehme, Hueng-Sik Choi, John Y L Chiang

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ajay C DonepudiDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH.
Jessica M FerrellDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH.
Shannon BoehmeDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH.
Hueng-Sik ChoiHormone Research Center, School of Biological Sciences and Technology Chonnam National University Gwangju Republic of Korea.
John Y L ChiangDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH.
Northeast Ohio Medical University · USChonnam National University · KR

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BILE ACID SYNTHESISR01DK044442 · NIDDK · NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI FERRELL, JESSICA MARIE · 1994 to 2022
$5.9M
Regulation of Bile Acid Synthesis by Nuclear ReceptorsR37DK058379 · NIDDK · NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI CHIANG, JOHN Y. L. · 2011 to 2020
$3.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK044442NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK058379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) is a major risk factor for cirrhosis-associated liver diseases. Studies demonstrate that alcohol increases serum bile acids in humans and rodents. AFLD has been linked to cholestasis, although the physiologic relevance of increased bile acids in AFLD and the underlying mechanism of increasing the bile acid pool by alcohol feeding are still unclear. In this study, we used mouse models either deficient of or overexpressing cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1), the rate-limiting and key regulatory enzyme in bile acid synthesis, to study the effect of alcohol drinking in liver metabolism and inflammation. Mice were challenged with chronic ethanol feeding (10 days) plus a binge dose of alcohol by oral gavage (5 g/kg body weight). Alcohol feeding reduced bile acid synthesis gene expression but increased the bile acid pool size, hepatic triglycerides and cholesterol, and inflammation and injury in wild-type mice and aggravated liver inflammation and injury in

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PMCPMC5776875
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