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ReviewDrug metabolism reviews2020

The development and hepatotoxicity of acetaminophen: reviewing over a century of progress.

Mitchell R McGill, Jack A Hinson

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Review in Drug metabolism reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Evaluating the Hepatoprotective Effect ofFood science & nutrition · 2026
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  7. Cuproptosis: potential new direction in liver-related diseases research and treatment.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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  14. Liver disorders and phytotherapy.Toxicology reports · 2025
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  15. NAPQI is absent in the mouse brain after sub-hepatotoxic and hepatotoxic doses of acetaminophen.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  18. Frontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  19. Hepatoprotective effects ofIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2025
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mitchell R McGillDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Jack A HinsonDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Arkansas Department of Health · USUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

Adduct Dipstick for Diagnosis of Acetaminophen ToxicityR42DK079387 · NIDDK · ACETAMINOPHEN TOXICITY DIAGNOSTICS, LLC · PI JAMES, LAURA PHILLIPS · 2011 to 2018
$4.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R42 DK079387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetaminophen (APAP) was first synthesized in the 1800s, and came on the market approximately 65 years ago. Since then, it has become one of the most used drugs in the world. However, it is also a major cause of acute liver failure. Early investigations of the mechanisms of toxicity revealed that cytochrome P450 enzymes catalyze formation of a reactive metabolite in the liver that depletes glutathione and covalently binds to proteins. That work led to the introduction of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) as an antidote for APAP overdose. Subsequent studies identified the reactive metabolite N-acetyl-

Indexed as

AcetaminophenAnimalsChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemHumansLiverOxidative StressAcetaminophenCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemAcetaminophen overdoseAPAP-protein adductsbiomarkersdrug-induced liver injurydrug metabolismliver injuryliver regenerationmitochondriaoxidative stressreactive nitrogen

Identifiers

PMID33103516
PMCPMC8427730
OpenAlexW3092934667

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Registered trials

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