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ReviewJournal of clinical and translational hepatology2021

Targeting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Liver Fibrosis for Drug Options: An Update.

Kristina Duspara, Kristina Bojanic, Josipa Ivanusic Pejic, Lucija Kuna, Tea Omanovic Kolaric, Vjera Nincevic, Robert Smolic, Aleksandar Vcev, Marija Glasnovic, Ines Bilic Curcic and 1 more

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Review in Journal of clinical and translational hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristina DusparaDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-7967
Kristina BojanicDepartment of Biophysics and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4473-5706
Josipa Ivanusic PejicDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3600-6856
Lucija KunaDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-2349
Tea Omanovic KolaricDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-4070
Vjera NincevicDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-2202
Robert SmolicDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University Hospital Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
Aleksandar VcevDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University Hospital Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
Marija GlasnovicDepartment of Medicine, Family Medicine and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
Ines Bilic CurcicDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-5987
Martina SmolicDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-826X
University of Osijek · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is a life-threatening disease, with challenging morbidity and mortality for healthcare systems worldwide. It imparts an enormous economic burden to societies, making continuous research and informational updates about its pathogenesis and treatment crucial. This review's focus is on the current knowledge about the Wnt signaling pathway, serving as an important pathway in liver fibrosis development and activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Two types of Wnt pathways are distinguished, namely the ß-catenin-dependent canonical and non-canonical Ca

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Hepatic stellate cellLiver fibrosisTherapeutic solutionsWnt signaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID34966659
PMCPMC8666372
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