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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2021

PPARγ attenuates hepatic inflammation and oxidative stress of non‑alcoholic steatohepatitis via modulating the miR‑21‑5p/SFRP5 pathway.

Xiying Zhang, Fang Deng, Yuping Zhang, Xiaohong Zhang, Jianfei Chen, Youzhao Jiang

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiying Zhang *Department of Endocrinology, Banan People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 401320, P.R. China.
Fang Deng *Department of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China.
Yuping ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China.
Xiaohong ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Banan People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 401320, P.R. China.
Jianfei ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Banan People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 401320, P.R. China.
Youzhao JiangDepartment of Endocrinology, Banan People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 401320, P.R. China.
Army Medical University · CNFirst People's Hospital of Chongqing · CNSouthwest Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation and oxidative stress are key steps in the progression of non‑alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Intervention in these two processes will therefore benefit NASH treatment. Peroxisome proliferator‑activated receptor γ (PPARγ), as a multiple functional transcription factor, has been reported to be involved in the prevention of NASH progression. However, the mechanism by which PPARγ prevents NASH remains to be elucidated. The present study demonstrated that the level of PPARγ was inversely correlated with that of microRNA (miRNA/miRs)‑21‑5p in both mice and humans with NASH. Activation of PPARγ inhibited lipid droplet accumulation, hepatic inflammation and oxidative stress by downregulating miR‑21‑5p in an

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdultAnimalsBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalDisease SusceptibilityFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansLipid MetabolismLiver Function TestsMaleMiceMicroRNAsMiddle AgedNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiomarkersMicroRNAsMIRN21 microRNA, mousePPAR gammaSecreted Frizzled-Related ProteinsSfrp5 protein, mouseinflammationmiR‑21‑5pnonalcoholic steatohepatitisoxidative stressperoxisome proliferator‑activated receptor γsecreted frizzled‑related protein 5

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PMID34558644
PMCPMC8485121
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