ArticleLaboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology2019
Human relaxin-2 attenuates hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Article in Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vasomics of the liver.Gut · 2025Review
- Current Therapeutic Landscape for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Relaxin-2 Exhibits a Beneficial Role in Energy Metabolism to Alleviate Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025Article
- Relaxin-2-secreting CAR-T cells exhibit enhanced efficacy in stromal-rich xenograft tumors.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Review
- Interaction between estrogen receptor-α and PNPLA3 p.I148M variant drives fatty liver disease susceptibility in women.Nature medicine · 2023Article
- Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Portal Hypertension.Current hepatology reports · 2023Review
- Strategies to enhance monoclonal antibody uptake and distribution in solid tumors.Cancer biology & medicine · 2021Review
- Mitochondrial Lipid Homeostasis at the Crossroads of Liver and Heart Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Eritoran Attenuates Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice with Chronic Liver Injury.Cells · 2021Article
- A relaxin-based nanotherapy for liver fibrosis.Nature nanotechnology · 2021Article
- Anti-apoptotic and Matrix Remodeling Actions of a Small Molecule Agonist of the Human Relaxin Receptor, ML290 in Mice With Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Relaxin Positively Influences Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Si-Wei-Qing-Gan-Tang Improves Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis by Modulating the Nuclear Factor-κB Signal Pathway and Autophagy in Methionine and Choline Deficient Diet-Fed Rats.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- The Emerging Role of Hepatocellular eNOS in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Development.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Review
- Therapeutic effects of a small molecule agonist of the relaxin receptor ML290 in liver fibrosis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Human relaxin-2 reduces hepatic fibrosis in mice. However, the effects of relaxin-2 on hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in animals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remain to be elucidated. C57BL/6 mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or methionine-choline-deficient (MCD) diet were randomly assigned to receive recombinant human relaxin-2 (25 or 75 μg/kg/day) or vehicle for 4 weeks. In HFD-fed mice, relaxin-2 decreased systemic insulin resistance and reduced body weight, epididymal fat mass and serum leptin and insulin concentrations. In livers of HFD-fed mice, relaxin-2 attenuated steatosis and increased phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1, Akt and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and activated genes that regulate fatty acid oxidation and suppressed acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Relaxin-2 had no direct anti-steatotic effect on primary mouse hepatocytes, but S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine attenuated palmitic acid-induced steatosis and activated genes regulating fatty acid oxidation in hepatocytes. In mice fed an MCD diet, relaxin-2 attenuated steatosis, inflammation and fibrosis. Relaxin-2 increased eNOS and Akt phosphorylation and transcript levels of cytochrome P450-4a10 and decreased acetyl-CoA carboxylase in MCD-fed mouse livers. Moreover, expression levels of Kupffer cell activation, hepatic stellate cell activation and hepatocyte apoptosis were decreased in MCD diet-fed mice receiving relaxin-2. In conclusion, relaxin-2 reduces hepatic steatosis by activating intrahepatic eNOS in HFD-fed mice and further attenuates liver fibrosis in MCD diet-fed mice. Therefore, human relaxin-2 is a potential therapeutic treatment for NAFLD.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.