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ArticleJournal of cellular signaling2021

Function of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Hepatic Inflammation.

Gabrielle Westenberger, Jacob Sellers, Savanie Fernando, Sadie Junkins, Sung Min Han, Kisuk Min, Ahmed Lawan

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Article in Journal of cellular signaling, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabrielle WestenbergerDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA.
Jacob SellersDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA.
Savanie FernandoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA.
Sadie JunkinsDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA.
Sung Min HanDepartment of Aging and Geriatric Research, Institute of Aging, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
Kisuk MinDivision of Kinesiology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA.
Ahmed LawanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA.
University of Alabama in Huntsville · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Peihua Qiu · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The western diet and overuse of anti-inflammatory medication have caused a great deal of stress on the liver. Obesity and the associated inflammatory state in insulin-responsive tissues result in the release of pro-inflammatory cytokine that activates the stress-responsive MAPKs, p38 MAPK, and JNK. These MAPKs have figured prominently as critical effectors in physiological and pathophysiological hepatic inflammation. In contrast, evidence for a role for ERK1/2 in hepatic inflammation has been less well developed. In this review article, we describe recent insights into the physiology and pathophysiology of the role of stress-responsive MAPKs in hepatic inflammation during obesity and liver injury with a focus on macrophages, hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells. In response to metabolic stress and liver injury, JNK activation in macrophages and hepatocytes promotes the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and macrophage and neutrophil infiltration. p38 MAPK plays an important role in contributing to the progression of hepatic inflammation in response to various hepatic cellular stresses, although the precise substrates mediating these effects in hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells remain to be identified. Both JNK and p38 MAPK promotes profibrotic behavior in hepatic stellate cells.

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Hepatic inflammationLiver injuryMAP kinaseObesity

Identifiers

PMID34557866
PMCPMC8457364
OpenAlexW3198307769

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