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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2021

Role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver diseases.

Jordi Gracia-Sancho, Esther Caparrós, Anabel Fernández-Iglesias, Rubén Francés

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Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 246 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
246citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
35.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

246 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 350 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Glycolysis Drives TLR Ligand-Induced Maturation and Immune Activation of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  6. New approach methodologies (NAMs) for preclinical and translational evaluation of mRNA-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) therapeutics.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  9. Intrahepatic Platelets Orchestrate Microenvironmental Remodelling and Cellular Crosstalk in Liver Fibrosis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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186 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jordi Gracia-Sancho *Liver Vascular Biology Research Group, IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain. jordi.gracia@idibaps.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-4089
Esther Caparrós *CIBEREHD, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Anabel Fernández-Iglesias *Liver Vascular Biology Research Group, IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-6675
Rubén Francés *CIBEREHD, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. rfrances@umh.es.
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESUniversity Hospital of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) form the wall of the hepatic sinusoids. Unlike other capillaries, they lack an organized basement membrane and have cytoplasm that is penetrated by open fenestrae, making the hepatic microvascular endothelium discontinuous. LSECs have essential roles in the maintenance of hepatic homeostasis, including regulation of the vascular tone, inflammation and thrombosis, and they are essential for control of the hepatic immune response. On a background of acute or chronic liver injury, LSECs modify their phenotype and negatively affect neighbouring cells and liver disease pathophysiology. This Review describes the main functions and phenotypic dysregulations of LSECs in liver diseases, specifically in the context of acute injury (ischaemia-reperfusion injury, drug-induced liver injury and bacterial and viral infection), chronic liver disease (metabolism-associated liver disease, alcoholic steatohepatitis and chronic hepatotoxic injury) and hepatocellular carcinoma, and provides a comprehensive update of the role of LSECs as therapeutic targets for liver disease. Finally, we discuss the open questions in the field of LSEC pathobiology and future avenues of research.

Indexed as

CapillariesEndothelial CellsHumansLiver DiseasesLiver RegenerationReperfusion Injury

Identifiers

PMID33589830
OpenAlexW3132971647

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