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ReviewCells2021

Recent Advances in Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Xiaoxiao Wang, Huiying Rao, Feng Liu, Lai Wei, Honggui Li, Chaodong Wu

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Subcutaneous Fat Density Is an Independent Predictor of Adverse Outcomes and Shows Early Improvement After Liver Transplantation.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  7. Fermented Milk as an Alternative Therapy for Obesity.International journal of food science · 2026
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  17. [Research progress on dietary and exercise intervention for the prevention and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoxiao WangBeijing International Cooperation Base for Science and Technology on NAFLD Diagnosis, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Huiying RaoBeijing International Cooperation Base for Science and Technology on NAFLD Diagnosis, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Feng LiuBeijing International Cooperation Base for Science and Technology on NAFLD Diagnosis, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Lai WeiBeijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China.
Honggui LiDepartment of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Chaodong WuDepartment of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Peking University People's Hospital · CNTexas A&M University · USPeking University · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

ADK Regulation of Fat Metabolism and Insulin SensitivityR01DK124854 · NIDDK · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI WU, CHAODONG · 2020 to 2023
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK124854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a serious ongoing health problem that significantly increases the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). During obesity, adipose tissue dysfunction is obvious and characterized by increased fat deposition (adiposity) and chronic low-grade inflammation. The latter has been implicated to critically promote the development and progression of NAFLD, whose advanced form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is considered one of the most common causes of terminal liver diseases. This review summarizes the current knowledge on obesity-related adipose dysfunction and its roles in the pathogenesis of hepatic steatosis and inflammation, as well as liver fibrosis. A better understanding of the crosstalk between adipose tissue and liver under obesity is essential for the development of new and improved preventive and/or therapeutic approaches for managing NAFLD.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueHumansInflammationModels, BiologicalNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesitySignal Transductionadipose dysfunctioncrosstalkinflammationnonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)obesity

Identifiers

PMID34943809
PMCPMC8699427
OpenAlexW3216031004

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