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ReviewInternational journal of endocrinology2019

RAGE is a Potential Cause of Onset and Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Kamyar Asadipooya, Kamran B Lankarani, Rishi Raj, Mohammadreza Kalantarhormozi

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Review in International journal of endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Hypolipidemic and Antithrombotic Effect of 6'-Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kamyar AsadipooyaDivision of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-1971
Kamran B LankaraniHealth Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-9017
Rishi RajDivision of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-3246
Mohammadreza KalantarhormoziEndocrinology and Internal Medicine, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-2370
University of Kentucky · USBushehr University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveFatty liver is a rising global health concern, significantly increasing the burden of health care cost. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has a correlation with metabolic syndrome and its complications.

methodWe reviewed the literature regarding the mechanisms of developing NAFLD through AGE-RAGE signaling.

resultsNAFLD, metabolic syndrome, and production of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) share many common risk factors and appear to be connected. AGE induces production of the receptor for AGE (RAGE). AGE-RAGE interaction contributes to fat accumulation in the liver leading to inflammation, fibrosis, insulin resistance, and other complications of the fatty liver disease. The immune system, especially macrophages, has an important defense mechanism against RAGE pathway activities.

conclusionSoluble form of RAGE (sRAGE) has the capability to reduce inflammation by blocking the interaction of AGE with RAGE. However, sRAGE has some limitations, and the best method of usage is probably autotransplantation of transfected stem cells or monocytes, as a precursor of macrophages and Kupffer cells, with a virus that carries sRAGE to alleviate the harmful effects of AGE-RAGE signaling in the settings of fatty liver disease.

Identifiers

PMID31641351
PMCPMC6766674
OpenAlexW2973479744

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