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The Canonical Wnt Pathway as a Key Regulator in Liver Development, Differentiation and Homeostatic Renewal.

Sebastian L Wild, Aya Elghajiji, Carmen Grimaldos Rodriguez, Stephen D Weston, Zoë D Burke, David Tosh

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Review in Genes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. hESCs-derived Organoids Achieve Liver Zonation Features through LSEC Modulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Liver Pathobiology.Annual review of pathology · 2025
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  17. Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2022
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian L WildDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Aya ElghajijiDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Carmen Grimaldos RodriguezDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Stephen D WestonDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Zoë D BurkeDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
David ToshDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
University of Bath · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The canonical Wnt (Wnt/β-catenin) signalling pathway is highly conserved and plays a critical role in regulating cellular processes both during development and in adult tissue homeostasis. The Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway is vital for correct body patterning and is involved in fate specification of the gut tube, the primitive precursor of liver. In adults, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is increasingly recognised as an important regulator of metabolic zonation, homeostatic renewal and regeneration in response to injury throughout the liver. Herein, we review recent developments relating to the key role of the pathway in the patterning and fate specification of the liver, in the directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into hepatocytes and in governing proliferation and zonation in the adult liver. We pay particular attention to recent contributions to the controversy surrounding homeostatic renewal and proliferation in response to injury. Furthermore, we discuss how crosstalk between the Wnt/β-catenin and Hedgehog (Hh) and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathways works to maintain liver homeostasis. Advancing our understanding of this pathway will benefit our ability to model disease, screen drugs and generate tissue and organ replacements for regenerative medicine.

Indexed as

Wnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsbeta CateninBody PatterningCell DifferentiationGastrulationHedgehog ProteinsHepatocytesHomeostasisHumansLiverLiver RegenerationPluripotent Stem CellsWnt Proteinsbeta CateninHedgehog ProteinsWnt Proteinsdevelopmentdifferentiationendodermliverstem cellWnt signallingzonation

Identifiers

PMID33008122
PMCPMC7599793
OpenAlexW3089874815

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Registered trials

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