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ReviewCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology2018

Deciphering Platelet Kinetics in Diagnostic and Prognostic Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Bibek Aryal, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Toshiaki Shimizu, Jun Kadono, Akira Furoi, Kentaro Gejima, Teruo Komokata, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yutaka Imoto

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In one paragraph

Review in Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Till Death Do Us Part-The Multifaceted Role of Platelets in Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bibek AryalCardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Munekazu YamakuchiDepartment of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2181-7194
Toshiaki ShimizuDepartment of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Jun KadonoDepartment of Surgery, Kirishima Medical Center, Kirishima 899-5112, Japan.
Akira FuroiDepartment of Surgery, Kirishima Medical Center, Kirishima 899-5112, Japan.
Kentaro GejimaCardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Teruo KomokataDepartment of Surgery, Kagoshima Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Kagoshima 892-0853, Japan.
Teruto HashiguchiDepartment of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Yutaka ImotoCardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Kagoshima University · JPNational Hospital Organization · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver pathophysiology can, directly and indirectly, impose morphological or biochemical abnormalities of the platelets. Conversely, platelets are also able to regulate the promitogenic and profibrotic signals on liver pathobiology. Platelet contribution to the liver pathophysiology is typically facilitated by the platelet-derived growth factors that are sequestered in different subsets of alpha and dense granules, and the release of these growth factors is synchronized according to the stage and type of liver disease or injury. Thus, platelets harbor clinically relevant information with potential diagnostic and prognostic implications in liver diseases. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) largely influences the platelet kinetics, and a growing body of evidence has recognized its association with HCC occurrence or prognosis. This narrative review summarizes the progress made on implicating platelet as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for HCC; the review also dissects the contradictory results from earlier studies and reflects how combining platelet-based information may enable more reliable test for diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of HCC.

Indexed as

Blood PlateletsCarcinoma, HepatocellularHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKineticsLiver NeoplasmsLymphocyte CountPlatelet CountPrognosisSerotoninIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID30050894
PMCPMC6040256
OpenAlexW2809908124

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Registered trials

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