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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Targeting Gremlin 1 Prevents Intestinal Fibrosis Progression by Inhibiting the Fatty Acid Oxidation of Fibroblast Cells.

Yang Yang, Qi-Shan Zeng, Min Zou, Jian Zeng, Jiao Nie, DongFeng Chen, Hua-Tian Gan

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Gremlin: a complex molecule regulating wound healing and fibrosis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yang YangDepartment of Gastroenterology and the Center of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Qi-Shan ZengDepartment of Gastroenterology and the Center of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Min ZouDepartment of Gastroenterology and the Center of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jian ZengDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Jiao NieLab of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Clinical Institute of Inflammation and Immunology, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
DongFeng ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Hua-Tian GanDepartment of Gastroenterology and the Center of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan University · CNDaping Hospital · CNFirst People's Hospital of Chongqing · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal fibrosis is a consequence of continuous inflammatory responses that negatively affect the quality of life of patients. By screening altered proteomic profiles of mouse fibrotic colon tissues, we identified that GREM1 was dramatically upregulated in comparison to that in normal tissues. Functional experiments revealed that GREM1 promoted the proliferation and activation of intestinal fibroblast cells by enhancing fatty acid oxidation. Blocking GREM1 prevented the progression of intestinal fibrosis

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fatty acid oxidationfibroblast cellgremlin 1intestinal fibrosisVEGFR2

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PMID33967807
PMCPMC8100665
OpenAlexW3159812793

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