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ReviewThe American journal of pathology2021

The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Zhongguang Chen, Lili Jiang, Lifan Liang, Kelly Koral, Qian Zhang, Lei Zhao, Songjian Lu, Junyan Tao

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Review in The American journal of pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts to Overcome Therapeutic Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  3. Navigating second-line therapy after immunotherapy in advanced HCC☆.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026
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  5. Novel Therapeutics for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Clinics in liver disease · 2025
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  8. Hepatocellular carcinoma: signaling pathways and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhongguang ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, Central Hospital of Linyi, Yishui, Shandong, P.R. China.
Lili JiangUltrasound Medical Department, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China.
Lifan LiangDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kelly KoralDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Qian ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Lei ZhaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Songjian LuDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: songjian@pitt.edu.
Junyan TaoDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: jut24@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USUnion Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Developing Graph Models and Efficient Algorithms for the Study of Cancer DiseaseR00LM011673 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LU, SONGJIAN · 2015 to 2017
$656k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NLM NIH HHS R00 LM011673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common type of cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Liver resection or liver transplantation is the most effective therapy for HCC because drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat patients with unresectable HCC have an unfavorable overall survival rate. Therefore, the development of biomarkers for early diagnosis and effective therapy strategies are still necessary to improve patient outcomes. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 19 was amplified in patients with HCC from various studies, including patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas. FGF19 plays a syngeneic function with other signaling pathways in primary liver cancer development, such as epidermal growth factor receptor, Wnt/β-catenin, the endoplasmic reticulum-related signaling pathway, STAT3/IL-6, RAS, and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase, among others. The current review presents a comprehensive description of the FGF19 signaling pathway involved in liver cancer development. The use of big data and bioinformatic analysis can provide useful clues for further studies of the FGF19 pathway in HCC, including its application as a biomarker, targeted therapy, and combination therapy strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularFibroblast Growth FactorsHumansLiver NeoplasmsSignal TransductionBiomarkers, TumorFGF19 protein, humanFibroblast Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID34000282
PMCPMC8351122
OpenAlexW3163590283

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