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ReviewMolecular aspects of medicine2021

Autophagy in liver diseases: A review.

Hui Qian, Xiaojuan Chao, Jessica Williams, Sam Fulte, Tiangang Li, Ling Yang, Wen-Xing Ding

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Review in Molecular aspects of medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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191citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
33.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

191 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 347 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hui QianDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
Xiaojuan ChaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
Jessica WilliamsDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
Sam FulteDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA.
Tiangang LiHarold Hamm Diabetes Center, Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Ling YangDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Wen-Xing DingDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA. Electronic address: wxding@kumc.edu.
University of Kansas Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Vector Core-Core 2P30DK054759 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Amy Leanne Ryan · 1998 to 2026
$30.5M
Mechanisms regulating autophagy in alcohol-induced liver injuryR37AA020518 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Wen-Xing Ding · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
Autophagy and Drug-Induced Liver InjuryR01DK102142 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DING, WEN-XING, JAESCHKE, HARTMUT W. · 2014 to 2022
$2.7M
Regulation of Bile Acid Metabolism and Signaling in Metabolic DiseasesR01DK117965 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Tiangang Li · 2019 to 2026
$2.7M
Mechanisms of Impaired Lysosomal Biogenesis and Autophagy in Alcohol-Associated Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG072895 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DING, WEN-XING · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Integration of Inflammatory Signaling and the Unfolded Protein Response by Nitrosylation Signaling in ObesityR01DK108835 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI YANG, LING · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Autophagy in Alcoholic PancreatitisU01AA024733 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DING, WEN-XING · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Novel mechanisms of aging-associated hyper-susceptibility to hepatotoxicity and liver injuryR21AG065720 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI LI, TIANGANG · 2020 to 2021
$409k
NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA020518NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA024733NIA NIH HHS R01 AG072895NIA NIH HHS R21 AG065720NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK054759NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102142NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108835NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK117965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver is a highly dynamic metabolic organ that plays critical roles in plasma protein synthesis, gluconeogenesis and glycogen storage, cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis as well as drug/xenobiotic metabolism and detoxification. Research from the past decades indicate that autophagy, the cellular catabolic process mediated by lysosomes, plays an important role in maintaining cellular and metabolic homeostasis in the liver. Hepatic autophagy fluctuates with hormonal cues and the availability of nutrients that respond to fed and fasting states as well as circadian activities. Dysfunction of autophagy in liver parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells can lead to various liver diseases including non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, alcohol associated liver disease, drug-induced liver injury, cholestasis, viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Therefore, targeting autophagy may be a potential strategy for treating these various liver diseases. In this review, we will discuss the current progress on the understanding of autophagy in liver physiology. We will also discuss several forms of selective autophagy in the liver and the molecular signaling pathways in regulating autophagy of different cell types and their implications in various liver diseases.

Indexed as

Liver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAutophagyHumansLipid MetabolismLiverAALDDILIHCCLipophagyMitophagyNAFLD

Identifiers

PMID34120768
PMCPMC9585624
OpenAlexW3170875479

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