Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33809263›Full record

ReviewCancers2021

Epigenetic Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Disease.

María Arechederra, Miriam Recalde, María Gárate-Rascón, Maite G Fernández-Barrena, Matías A Ávila, Carmen Berasain

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic accuracy of methylatedFrontiers in endocrinology · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. [HDAC2-mediated H3K27 acetylation promotes the proliferation and migration of hepatocellular carcinoma cells].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Role of epigenetic regulation in diminished ovarian reserve.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. New and Old Key Players in Liver Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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 3 institutions in 1 country.

María ArechederraProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4830-1924
Miriam RecaldeProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5485-1420
María Gárate-RascónProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Maite G Fernández-BarrenaProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0375-6236
Matías A ÁvilaProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6570-3557
Carmen BerasainProgram of Hepatology, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7075-2476
Instituto de Salud Carlos III · ESUniversidad de Navarra · ESNavarre Institute of Health Research · ES

Funding

Euroregion NAEN-EU 2020/101Fundación Científica Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer POSTD18014ARECGobierno de Navarra 55/2018Gobierno de Navarra PC082-083-084 EHGNAInstituto de Salud Carlos III SAF2016-75972-RMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España PID2019-104265RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte BES-2017-079883Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU18/01461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research in the last decades has demonstrated the relevance of epigenetics in controlling gene expression to maintain cell homeostasis, and the important role played by epigenome alterations in disease development. Moreover, the reversibility of epigenetic marks can be harnessed as a therapeutic strategy, and epigenetic marks can be used as diagnosis biomarkers. Epigenetic alterations in DNA methylation, histone post-translational modifications (PTMs), and non-coding RNA (ncRNA) expression have been associated with the process of hepatocarcinogenesis. Here, we summarize epigenetic alterations involved in the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease (CLD), particularly focusing on DNA methylation. We also discuss their utility as epigenetic biomarkers in liquid biopsy for the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Finally, we discuss the potential of epigenetic therapeutic strategies for HCC treatment.

Indexed as

DNA methylationepidrugshepatocellular carcinomaliquid biopsyliver fibrosisprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID33809263
PMCPMC7998165
OpenAlexW3136384251

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.