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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

The cGAS-STING Pathway: Novel Perspectives in Liver Diseases.

Dongwei Xu, Yizhu Tian, Qiang Xia, Bibo Ke

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. cGAS-STING signaling pathway in MASLD and liver fibrosis.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  16. High-dose vitamin C as a metabolic treatment of cancer: a new dimension in the era of adjuvant and intensive therapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dongwei XuThe Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Yizhu TianThe Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Qiang XiaDepartment of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Bibo KeThe Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of California, Los Angeles · USRenji Hospital · CN

Funding

Regulation of Innate Immune Responses by Alloimmunity in Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion InjuryP01AI120944 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Fady M Kaldas · 2017 to 2026
$20.0M
Innate Immune Regulation by HSF1 in Liver Inflammatory InjuryR01AI139552 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KE, BIBO · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
CD47-SIRPalpha Signaling in Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Immune Regulation in Liver Transplant Inflammatory InjuryR21AI146742 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KE, BIBO · 2019 to 2020
$429k
Immune Regulation by Stem Cells: Role of Beta-Catenin in Liver Inflammatory InjuryR21AI115133 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KE, BIBO, KUPIEC-WEGLINSKI, JERZY W · 2017 to 2018
$428k
Beta-Catenin Signaling in Liver Ischemia and Reperfusion InjuryR21AI112722 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KE, BIBO, KUPIEC-WEGLINSKI, JERZY W · 2014 to 2015
$385k
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI120944NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139552NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI112722NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI115133NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI146742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver diseases represent a major global health burden accounting for approximately 2 million deaths per year worldwide. The liver functions as a primary immune organ that is largely enriched with various innate immune cells, including macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, NK cells, and NKT cells. Activation of these cells orchestrates the innate immune response and initiates liver inflammation in response to the danger signal from pathogens or injured cells and tissues. The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway is a crucial signaling cascade of the innate immune system activated by cytosol DNA. Recognizing DNA as an immune-stimulatory molecule is an evolutionarily preserved mechanism in initiating rapid innate immune responses against microbial pathogens. The cGAS is a cytosolic DNA sensor eliciting robust immunity

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilitySignal TransductionAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHumansImmunity, InnateLiver DiseasesMembrane ProteinsNucleotides, CyclicNucleotidyltransferasesProtein BindingProtein TransportRisk FactorsSTING ProteincGAS protein, humancyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphateCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseMembrane ProteinsNucleotides, CyclicNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING Proteincyclic GMPAMP synthaseDNA sensorinflammationInnate immunityliver diseasesstimulator of interferon genes

Identifiers

PMID33995425
PMCPMC8117096
OpenAlexW3159586444

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