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ReviewCells2021

Metabolic Reprogramming of Liver Fibrosis.

M Eugenia Delgado, Beatriz I Cárdenas, Núria Farran, Mercedes Fernandez

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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 45 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Comparative urinary metabolomics reveals unique and shared pathways in COVID-19 and liver diseases.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026
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  17. Role of HNF6 in liver homeostasis and pathophysiology.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Eugenia DelgadoIDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8653-1819
Beatriz I CárdenasIDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2163-8287
Núria FarranIDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Mercedes FernandezIDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5270-4304
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona · ES

Funding

BBVA Foundation 28/2019European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme 801370FEDER/Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities SAF2017-87988-R, PID2020-118937RB-I00 MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033La Caixa Foundation HR18-00302La Marató TV3 Foundation 2019-0259Spanish Association Against Cancer GCB15152955MENDWorld Cancer Research Fund International IIG_FULL_2020_021Worldwide Cancer Research Foundation 20_0284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is an excessive and imbalanced deposition of fibrous extracellular matrix (ECM) that is associated with the hepatic wound-healing response. It is also the common mechanism that contributes to the impairment of the liver function that is observed in many chronic liver diseases (CLD). Despite the efforts, no effective therapy against fibrosis exists yet. Worryingly, due to the growing obesity pandemic, fibrosis incidence is on the rise. Here, we aim to summarize the main components and mechanisms involved in the progression of liver fibrosis, with special focus on the metabolic regulation of key effectors of fibrogenesis, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), and their role in the disease progression. Hepatic cells that undergo metabolic reprogramming require a tightly controlled, fine-tuned cellular response, allowing them to meet their energetic demands without affecting cellular integrity. Here, we aim to discuss the role of ribonucleic acid (RNA)-binding proteins (RBPs), whose dynamic nature being context- and stimuli-dependent make them very suitable for the fibrotic situation. Thus, we will not only summarize the up-to-date literature on the metabolic regulation of HSCs in liver fibrosis, but also on the RBP-dependent post-transcriptional regulation of this metabolic switch that results in such important consequences for the progression of fibrosis and CLD.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease ProgressionHepatic Stellate CellsHumansLiver CirrhosisModels, BiologicalRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsCPEB4ECMfibrosisHCCHSCinflammationmetabolismmyofibroblastobesityRBPs

Identifiers

PMID34944111
PMCPMC8700241
OpenAlexW4200238838

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