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ReviewCancers2020

Inflammatory Mechanisms of HCC Development.

Maria Grazia Refolo, Caterina Messa, Vito Guerra, Brian Irving Carr, Rosalba D'Alessandro

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
131citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

131 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic significance of systemic immune-inflammation index in hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Grazia RefoloLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Clinical Pathology, National Institute of Gastroenterology, "Saverio de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy.
Caterina MessaLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Clinical Pathology, National Institute of Gastroenterology, "Saverio de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1734-0039
Vito GuerraClinical Trial Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology, "Saverio de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7827-1909
Brian Irving CarrDepartment of Liver Cancer Biology, Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey.
Rosalba D'AlessandroLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Clinical Pathology, National Institute of Gastroenterology, "Saverio de Bellis" Research Hospital, 70013 Castellana Grotte, BA, Italy.
Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis" · ITInonu University · TR

Funding

Italian Ministry of Public Health 6/2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with several etiologic causes, mostly inflammation-associated. Different inflammatory responses in the liver can be triggered by different etiological agents. The inflammatory process can be resolved or be persistent, depending on the etiology and multiple other factors. Chronic inflammation, tissue remodeling, genetic alterations, and modifications in cellular signaling are considered to be key processes promoting immunosuppression. The progressive immunosuppression leads to the inactivation of anti-tumor immunity involved in HCC carcinogenesis and progression. Tumor cellular processes including DNA damage, necrosis, and ER (endoplasmic reticulum) stress can affect both immune-surveillance and cancer-promoting inflammation, supporting a mutual interdependence. Here, we review the current understanding of how chronic liver injury and inflammation is triggered and sustained, and how inflammation is linked to HCC. The identification of many hepatic microenvironmental inflammatory processes and their effector molecules, has resulted in extensive translational work and promising clinical trials of new immunomodulatory agents.

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cancer etiologychronic inflammationHCCimmunosuppressionimmunosurveillance

Identifiers

PMID32164265
PMCPMC7139884
OpenAlexW3011816813

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