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ArticleCell death & disease2020

The concentration of tumor necrosis factor-α determines its protective or damaging effect on liver injury by regulating Yap activity.

Shanmin Zhao, Jinghua Jiang, Yingying Jing, Wenting Liu, Xue Yang, Xiaojuan Hou, Lu Gao, Lixin Wei

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shanmin Zhao *Tumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Jinghua Jiang *Tumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yingying JingTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Wenting LiuTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Xue YangTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Xiaojuan HouTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Lu GaoTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Lixin WeiTumor Immunology and Gene Therapy Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China. lixinwei@smmu.edu.cn.
Second Military Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is a mediator of hepatotoxicity in liver injury. Moreover, TNF-α has also been reported to have a protective effect in liver regeneration, yet the function of TNF-α during liver injury remains controversial. Here, we report that the concentration of TNF-α determines its functions. High concentrations of TNF-α could aggravate LPS-induced liver injury. However, the TNF-α level was unchanged during APAP-induced liver injury, which exerted a protective effect. We expected that the concentration of TNF-α may affect its function. To test this hypothesis, TNF-α

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AcetaminophenAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsAspartate AminotransferasesCell LineCell ProliferationCell SurvivalChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryHepatocytesLipopolysaccharidesMalePhosphorylationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAcetaminophenAlanine TransaminaseApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsAspartate Aminotransferaseslipopolysaccharide ALipopolysaccharidesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaYap1 protein, ratYAP-Signaling Proteins

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PMID31988281
PMCPMC6985193
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