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ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021

The role of Mesothelin signaling in Portal Fibroblasts in the pathogenesis of cholestatic liver fibrosis.

Hiroaki Fuji, Grant Miller, Takahiro Nishio, Yukinori Koyama, Kevin Lam, Vivian Zhang, Rohit Loomba, David Brenner, Tatiana Kisseleva

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Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Biliary atresia-related liver fibrosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hiroaki FujiDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Grant MillerDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Takahiro NishioDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yukinori KoyamaDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kevin LamDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Vivian ZhangDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Rohit LoombaDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
David BrennerDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Tatiana KisselevaDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
University of California, San Diego · USKyoto University · JP

Funding

The Southernearch Center for ALPD and CirrhosisP50AA011999 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ANNA S. GUKOVSKAYA · 1999 to 2026
$45.8M
San Diego Digestive Diseases Research CenterP30DK120515 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Bernd G. Schnabl · 2019 to 2026
$10.8M
Inactivation of Hepatic Stellate Cells During Reversal of Liver FibrosisR01DK099205 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BRENNER, DAVID A., KISSELEVA, TATIANA · 2014 to 2025
$4.8M
The Role of Portal Fibroblasts in Cholestatic Liver FibrosisR01DK101737 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KISSELEVA, TATIANA · 2014 to 2025
$3.8M
The role of IL-17 signaling in alcohol-induced HCCR01AA028550 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BRENNER, DAVID A., KISSELEVA, TATIANA · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Fibrocytes regulate liver fibrosisR01DK111866 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KISSELEVA, TATIANA · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA011999NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA028550NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK120515NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099205NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101737NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis develops in response to chronic toxic or cholestatic injury, and is characterized by apoptosis of damaged hepatocytes, development of inflammatory responses, and activation of Collagen Type I producing myofibroblasts that make liver fibrotic. Two major cell types, Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSCs) and Portal Fibroblasts (PFs) are the major source of hepatic myofibroblasts. Hepatotoxic liver injury activates Hepatic Stellate Cells (aHSCs) to become myofibroblasts, while cholestatic liver injury activates both aHSCs and Portal Fibroblasts (aPFs). aPFs comprise the major population of myofibroblasts at the onset of cholestatic injury, while aHSCs are increasingly activated with fibrosis progression. Here we summarize our current understanding of the role of aPFs in the pathogenesis of cholestatic fibrosis, their unique features, and outline the potential mechanism of targeting aPFs in fibrotic liver.

Indexed as

activated portal fibroblastscholestatic liver fibrosismesothelin (MSLN)mucin 16 (MUC16)thymocyte differentiation antigen 1 (Thy-1)

Identifiers

PMID34966784
PMCPMC8710774
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