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ReviewClinical and molecular hepatology2020

Autophagy and liver cancer.

Xiaojuan Chao, Hui Qian, Shaogui Wang, Sam Fulte, Wen-Xing Ding

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Review in Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Therapeutic potential of natural triterpenoids in liver cancer.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaojuan ChaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Hui QianDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Shaogui WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Sam FulteDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Wen-Xing DingDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
University of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

Nuclear Receptors in Liver Health and DiseaseP20GM103549 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI JAESCHKE, HARTMUT W. · 2012 to 2015
$8.1M
Pilot Grants ProgramP30GM118247 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI JAESCHKE, HARTMUT W. · 2016 to 2020
$5.5M
Mechanisms regulating autophagy in alcohol-induced liver injuryR37AA020518 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Wen-Xing Ding · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
Autophagy and Drug-Induced Liver InjuryR01DK102142 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DING, WEN-XING, JAESCHKE, HARTMUT W. · 2014 to 2022
$2.7M
Autophagy in Alcoholic PancreatitisU01AA024733 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DING, WEN-XING · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA020518NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA024733NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102142NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103549NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM118247NIH HHS R01 DK102142NIH HHS R37 AA020518NIH HHS U01 AA024733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process that degrades cytosolic proteins and organelles via formation of autophagosomes that fuse with lysosomes to form autolysosomes, whereby autophagic cargos are degraded. Numerous studies have demonstrated that autophagy plays a critical role in the regulation of liver physiology and homeostasis, and impaired autophagy leads to the pathogenesis of various liver diseases such as viral hepatitis, alcohol associated liver diseases (AALD), non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), and liver cancer. Recent evidence indicates that autophagy may play a dual role in liver cancer: inhibiting early tumor initiation while promoting progression and malignancy of already formed liver tumors. In this review, we summarized the progress of current understanding of how hepatic viral infection, alcohol consumption and diet-induced fatty liver diseases impair hepatic autophagy. We also discussed how impaired autophagy promotes liver tumorigenesis, and paradoxically how autophagy is required to promote the malignancy and progression of liver cancer. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying how autophagy differentially affects liver cancer development and progression may help to design better therapeutic strategies for prevention and treatment of liver cancer.

Indexed as

Liver Diseases, AlcoholicLiver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAutophagyHumansLiverAlcoholmTORNrf2p62TFEB

Identifiers

PMID33053934
PMCPMC7641568
OpenAlexW3091987243

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