ArticleTheranostics2019
Blocking interleukin-6 trans-signaling protects against renal fibrosis by suppressing STAT3 activation.
Article in Theranostics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
125 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.
- The association between anti-inflammatory therapies and renal outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease or high cardiovascular risks: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Benefits of resistant starch type 2 for patients with end-stage renal disease under maintenance hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Exploring the retention of soluble Fas protein in kidney dysfunction and its link to inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaPooled it
- Inflammation as a therapeutic target to improve kidney and cardiovascular outcomes.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026Review
- Retinoic Acid Receptor Responder Protein 1 Promotes Tubular Fibrosis via the KH RNA Binding Domain Containing, Signal Transduction Associated 1/Steroid Receptor Coactivator/p-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Axis.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026Article
- Bazedoxifene Attenuates Isoproterenol-Induced Cardiac Fibroblast Activation and Fibrotic Phenotype via Modulation of the IL-6/STAT3 Signaling Axis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- The inflammatory/fibrotic axis across organs: myelofibrosis as a model of reversibility.JCI insight · 2026Review
- APLNR reduction in kidney-muscle crosstalk in renal model recovered by exercise and STAT3 inhibition.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
- ATP7A-fibulin-4 complex delivers copper in the Golgi to activate LOX in renal fibrosis.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Interleukin-6 Signaling Mediates Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Mitophagy Impairment to Induce Macrophages Ferroptosis in Atherosclerosis.Inflammation · 2026Article
- Lipids in kidney diseases: from systemic imbalance to intrarenal alterations of cellular lipid metabolism in rare and common kidney diseases.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
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- Diquat-induced organ toxicity: a focus on regulated cell death pathways and mitochondrial dysfunction.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- ROP16 Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Like Changes in Ocular Toxoplasmosis via STAT3 and TGF-β1 Pathways.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Renal fibrosis: research progress on mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.Kidney research and clinical practice · 2026Article
- Targeting STAT3 in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: mechanisms, therapeutic advances, and structure-informed perspectives.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Biomimetic Nanotechnology Overcoming the Blood-Testis Barrier for Testicular Protection in Chemotherapy.Biomaterials research · 2026Article
- Bazedoxifene Targets gp130 Signaling to Suppress Fibroblast Activation in Pathological Cutaneous Fibrosis: Insights from Spatial Transcriptomics and scRNA-seq Data.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- cGAS-STING pathway in innate immunity and its cell-specific role in kidney diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Protective effects and mechanisms of cynaroside on renal fibrosis in mice with unilateral ureteral obstruction.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2025Article
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