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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Circulating Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 3 Are Increased in HBV Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Are Associated With Clinical Outcome.

Liwen Chen, Zhujun Cao, Lei Yan, Yezhou Ding, Xinghua Shen, Kehui Liu, Xiaogang Xiang, Qing Xie, Chuanwu Zhu, Shisan Bao and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Programmed Cell Death in Liver Fibrosis.Journal of inflammation research · 2023
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  8. Cell Death in Liver Diseases: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Liwen ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhujun CaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lei YanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yezhou DingDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xinghua ShenIntensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Infectious Diseases Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu, China.
Kehui LiuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaogang XiangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qing XieDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Chuanwu ZhuIntensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Infectious Diseases Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu, China.
Shisan BaoDiscipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, Charles Perkin Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Hui WangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Ruijin Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNSoochow University · CNUniversity of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsNecroptosis is a newly identified type of cell death with programmed pathways. The current study was performed to investigate necroptosis by measuring its key regulators; receptor interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) and mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) in patients with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) related acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).

methodsHBV-related ACLF (HBV-ACLF) patients (

resultsSerum RIPK3 was significantly elevated in HBV-ACLF patients compared to that of non-ACLF patients and the HCs. Serum RIPK3 in ACLF patients at recruitment was significantly higher in non-survivors than those in survivors at the 90-day follow-up. The predictive accuracy of serum RIPK3 at the 90-day outcome was relatively good with an area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) of 0.72 (

conclusionCirculating RIPK3 was significantly increased in patients with HBV-ACLF and was associated with a clinical outcome. The improved combined objective scores could offer additional prognostic value in ACLF patients, for physicians with more accurate expectations.

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acute-on-chronic liver failurecell deathHBVnecroptosisRIPK3

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