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ArticleJournal of virology2021

β-Catenin Signaling Regulates the

Grant Tarnow, Alan McLachlan

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Article in Journal of virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Regulates Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA Levels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. The Curious Case of the HepG2 Cell Line: 40 Years of Expertise.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Grant TarnowDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicagogrid.185648.6, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Alan McLachlanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicagogrid.185648.6, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4168-2365
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.UL1TR002003 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KARNIK, NIRANJAN SUBHASH, MERMELSTEIN, ROBIN J. · 2016 to 2024
$33.7M
Developmental regulation of HBV biosynthesis by FoxA and DNA methylationR01AI125401 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCLACHLAN, ALAN · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Liver lobule zonation, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and β-catenin mediated hepatitis B virus (HBV) biosynthesisR01CA238328 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MCLACHLAN, ALAN · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
HHS | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) UL1TR002003NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002003NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238328NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Catenin (Ctnnb1) supports high levels of liver gene expression in hepatocytes in proximity to the central vein functionally defining zone 3 of the liver lobule. This region of the liver lobule supports the highest levels of viral biosynthesis in wild-type hepatitis B virus (HBV) transgenic mice. Liver-specific β-catenin-null HBV transgenic mice exhibit a stark loss of high levels of pericentral viral biosynthesis. Additionally, viral replication that does not depend directly on β-catenin activity appears to expand to include hepatocytes of zone 1 of the liver lobule in proximity to the portal vein, a region of the liver that typically lacks significant HBV biosynthesis in wild-type HBV transgenic mice. While the average amount of viral RNA transcripts does not change, viral DNA replication is reduced approximately 3-fold. Together, these observations demonstrate that β-catenin signaling represents a major determinant of HBV biosynthesis governing the magnitude and distribution of viral replication across the liver lobule

Indexed as

Animalsbeta CateninDisease Models, AnimalDNA ReplicationDNA, ViralHEK293 CellsHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatocytesHumansLiverMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, TransgenicRNA, ViralSignal Transductionbeta CateninCTNNB1 protein, humanDNA, ViralRNA, Viralhepatitis B virus (HBV)liver lobuletransgenic miceviral biosynthesisβ-catenin

Identifiers

PMID34319157
PMCPMC8475508
OpenAlexW3184894430

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