Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32457283›Full record

ArticleJournal of biosciences2020

Involvement of eIF2α in halofuginone-driven inhibition of TGF-β1-induced EMT.

Mingyuan Duan, Xiaobing Wei, Zhe Cheng, Dunjiang Liu, Hanna Fotina, Xiaojing Xia, Jianhe Hu

Abstract read
PubMed
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of biosciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingyuan DuanCollege of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China.
Xiaobing Wei
Zhe Cheng
Dunjiang Liu
Hanna Fotina
Xiaojing Xia
Jianhe Hu
Henan Institute of Science and Technology · CNBinzhou Medical University · CNSumy National Agrarian University · UA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Halofuginone (HF) is an extract from the widely used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Dichroa febrifuga that facilitates the recovery of wounds and attenuates hepatic fibrosis. However, the role of HF in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of IPEC-J2 cells remains unclear. The current study explored the anti-EMT effect of HF in IPEC-J2 cells and illustrates its molecular mechanism. Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), as a recognized profibrogenic cytokine, decreased the level of the epithelial marker E-cadherin and increased the level of the mesenchymal markers, such as N-cadherin, fibronectin (FN), vimentin (Vim), and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), in IPEC-J2 cells depending on the exposure time and dose. HF markedly prevented the EMT induced by TGF-β1. Dissection of the mechanism revealed that HF inhibited IPEC-J2 cell EMT via modulating the phosphorylation of SMAD2/3 and the SMAD2/3-SMAD4 complex nuclear translocation. Furthermore, HF could promote the phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2α (eIF2α), which modulates the SMAD signaling pathway. These results suggested that HF inhibits TGF-β1-induced EMT in IPEC-J2 cells through the eIF2α/SMAD signaling pathway. Our findings suggest that HF can serve as a potential anti-EMT agent in intestinal fibrosis therapy.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCadherinsCell LineEnterocytesEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2FibronectinsGene Expression RegulationPhosphorylationPiperidinesProtein IsoformsQuinazolinonesSignal TransductionSmad2 ProteinActinsAntineoplastic AgentsCadherinsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2FibronectinshalofuginonePiperidinesProtein IsoformsQuinazolinonesSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinSmad4 ProteinTransforming Growth Factor beta1Vimentin

Identifiers

PMID32457283
OpenAlexW3030244042

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.