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ReviewCells2019

The Regulatory Role of MicroRNA in Hepatitis-B Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HBV-HCC) Pathogenesis.

Kurt Sartorius, Julia Makarova, Benn Sartorius, Ping An, Cheryl Winkler, Anil Chuturgoon, Anna Kramvis

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. State-of-the-Art Liver Cancer Organoids: Modeling Cancer Stem Cell Heterogeneity for Personalized Treatment.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  12. Coculture of tumor organoids with pathogenic microorganisms: a novel system to mimicFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  19. Hepatitis B Virus and microRNAs: A Bioinformatics Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Kurt SartoriusDepartment of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.
Julia MakarovaHertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 125284 Moscow, Russia.
Benn SartoriusDepartment of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.
Ping AnFrederick National Laboratory, Basic Research Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5322-3510
Cheryl WinklerFrederick National Laboratory, Basic Research Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Anil ChuturgoonDepartment of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4649-4133
Anna KramvisHepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6006-3765
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZAEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology · RU

Funding

Wits HIV Research Group CLINICAL TRIAL UNIT (CTU) reapplicationUM1AI069463 · NIAID · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI REES, HELEN, SANNE, IAN MATTHIAS · 2012 to 2025
$31.8M
NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI069463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence and mortality of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HBV-HCC) is an intractable public health problem in developing countries that is compounded by limited early detection and therapeutic options. Despite the early promise of utilizing the regulatory role of miRNA in liver cancer, this field remains largely in the work-in-progress phase. This exploratory review paper adopts a broad focus in order to collate evidence of the regulatory role of miRNA in each stage of the HBV-HCC continuum. This includes the regulatory role of miRNA in early HBV infection, chronic inflammation, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and the onset of HCC. The paper specifically investigates HBV dysregulated miRNA that influence the expression of the host/HBV genome in HBV-HCC pathogenesis and fully acknowledges that this does not cover the full spectrum of dysregulated miRNA. The sheer number of dysregulated miRNA in each phase support a hypothesis that future therapeutic interventions will need to consider incorporating multiple miRNA panels.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Expression Regulation, ViralHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHumansLiver NeoplasmsMicroRNAsMicroRNAsdysregulatedHBV-HCC continuumhepatitis B infected hepatocellular carcinomamiRNAregulatoryrole

Identifiers

PMID31771261
PMCPMC6953055
OpenAlexW2990026220

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