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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022

TGF-β1-Mediated Leukocyte Cell-Derived Chemotaxin 2 Is Associated With Liver Fibrosis in Biliary Atresia.

Jinfeng Zhao, Xiaodan Xu, Qingyun Gou, Qipeng Zheng, Liang Ge, Lingzhi Chen, Cong Zhang, Hui Ma, Shuxiang Lin, Xiaoli Hu and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Genetic background and biliary atresia.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2025
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  5. Progress in Biomarkers Related to Biliary Atresia.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinfeng ZhaoGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Xiaodan XuGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Qingyun GouGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Qipeng ZhengGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Liang GeDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lingzhi ChenGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Cong ZhangGraduate College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Hui MaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Shuxiang LinDepartment of Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoli HuDepartment of Pathology, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jianghua ZhanDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Children's Hospital · CNTianjin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Biliary atresia (BA) presents as a severe infantile cholangiopathy disease, characterized by progressive liver fibrosis and the resulting poor prognosis. Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 (LECT2) was proposed as the key gene associated with hepatic fibrosis in BA, but the molecular mechanism is unclear. This study aims to investigate the function of LECT2 in BA. Methods: A total of 53 patients were enrolled in this study; 36 patients with BA, and 17 control patients with cholestasis, including congenital biliary dilations, biliary hypoplasia, and inspissated bile syndrome. The role of LECT2 in BA was analyzed using histological and cytological tests. The correlation between LECT2 and infiltrating immune cells was further analyzed by bioinformatics. The analyses were conducted using correlational analyses and ROC curves. Results: LECT2 was highly expressed in infants with BA and positively related with fibrosis (0.1644 ± 0.0608 vs. 0.0779 ± 0.0053, Conclusion: LECT2 is highly expressed in both BA liver tissue and serum, and serum LECT2 is a potential diagnostic biomarker of BA. Meanwhile, TGF-β1 is secreted by macrophages to regulate LECT2 associated with BA liver fibrosis.

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biliary atresiadiagnosticsinflammatory responseleukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2liver fibrosis

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PMCPMC9345500
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