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ArticleLiver research (Beijing, China)2018

Alcoholic liver disease: A current molecular and clinical perspective.

Koichiro Ohashi, Michael Pimienta, Ekihiro Seki

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Article in Liver research (Beijing, China), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Koichiro OhashiDivision of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michael PimientaDivision of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ekihiro SekiDivision of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

LPS binding to TLR4 regulates hepatic stellate cell activation and fibrosisR01DK085252 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI EKIHIRO SEKI · 2011 to 2026
$4.8M
Role of TLR7 in progression and treatment of alcoholic hepatitisR01AA027036 · NIAAA · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI SEKI, EKIHIRO · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Synergistic Actions By Multiple Toll-Like Receptors in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseR01AA020172 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SEKI, EKIHIRO · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Alcohol enhances colon cancer liver metastasis via cancer-associated fibroblastsR21AA025841 · NIAAA · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI SEKI, EKIHIRO · 2017 to 2018
$459k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020172NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027036NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA025841NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK085252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy alcohol use is the cause of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The ALD spectrum ranges from alcoholic steatosis to steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. In Western countries, approximately 50% of cirrhosis-related deaths are due to alcohol use. While alcoholic cirrhosis is no longer considered a completely irreversible condition, no effective anti-fibrotic therapies are currently available. Another significant clinical aspect of ALD is alcoholic hepatitis (AH). AH is an acute inflammatory condition that is often comorbid with cirrhosis, and severe AH has a high mortality rate. Therapeutic options for ALD are limited. The established treatment for AH is corticosteroids, which improve short-term survival but do not affect long-term survival. Liver transplantation is a curative treatment option for alcoholic cirrhosis and AH, but patients must abstain from alcohol use for 6 months to qualify. Additional effective therapies are needed. The molecular mechanisms underlying ALD are complex and have not been fully elucidated. Various molecules, signaling pathways, and crosstalk between multiple hepatic and extrahepatic cells contribute to ALD progression. This review highlights established and emerging concepts in ALD clinicopathology, their underlying molecular mechanisms, and current and future ALD treatment options.

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Alcoholic cirrhosisAlcoholic hepatitis (AH)Alcoholic liver disease (ALD)CorticosteroidsLiver transplantation

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PMID31214376
PMCPMC6581514
OpenAlexW2904535741

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