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ArticleCells2019

Single Cell RNA Sequencing Identifies Subsets of Hepatic Stellate Cells and Myofibroblasts in Liver Fibrosis.

Oliver Krenkel, Jana Hundertmark, Thomas P Ritz, Ralf Weiskirchen, Frank Tacke

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Article in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 234 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Oliver KrenkelDepartment of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. okrenkel@ukaachen.de.
Jana HundertmarkDepartment of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. jhundertmark@ukaachen.de.
Thomas P RitzDepartment of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. tritz@ukaachen.de.
Ralf WeiskirchenInstitute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), University Hospital Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. rweiskirchen@ukaachen.de.ORCID 0000-0003-3888-0931
Frank TackeDepartment of Hepatology/Gastroenterology, Charité University Medical Center, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. frank.tacke@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6206-0226
Universitätsklinikum Aachen · DEBoehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and their trans-differentiation towards collagen-secreting myofibroblasts (MFB) promote liver fibrosis progression. During chronic liver disease, resting HSCs become activated by inflammatory and injury signals. However, HSCs/MFB not only produce collagen, but also secrete cytokines, participate in metabolism, and have biomechanical properties. We herein aimed to characterize the heterogeneity of these liver mesenchymal cells by single cell RNA sequencing. In vivo resting HSCs or activated MFB were isolated from C57BL6/J mice challenged by carbon tetrachloride (CCl

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ActinsAnimalsBase SequenceCarbon TetrachlorideCell Cycle ProteinsCells, CulturedChemokinesCollagenDisease Models, AnimalGene ExpressionGenetic HeterogeneityHepatic Stellate CellsLiverLiver CirrhosisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLActinsalpha-smooth muscle actin, mouseCarbon TetrachlorideCell Cycle ProteinsChemokinesCollagenReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaS100a6 protein, mouseS100 Calcium Binding Protein A6hepatic stellate cellsliver fibrosismyofibroblastsscRNASeq

Identifiers

PMID31137713
PMCPMC6562512
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