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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Cannabinoids and Chronic Liver Diseases.

Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Giada Sebastiani, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Cecilia T Costiniuk

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Green Path to Liver Health: Herbal Solutions for Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Targeting the LPI/GPR55 Axis in MAFLD and MASH: Novel Insights, Therapeutic Strategies and Future Directions.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  8. Endocannabinoid System and Metabolism: The Influences of Sex.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  13. Cannabinoids and the Gastrointestinal Tract.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2023
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  19. Tobacco, cannabis, and the liver.Clinical liver disease
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ralph-Sydney Mboumba BouassaDepartment of Biological Sciences and CERMO-FC Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 1Y4, Canada.
Giada SebastianiInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H3A 3J1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2655-8283
Vincenzo Di MarzoCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Département of Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Mohammad-Ali JenabianDepartment of Biological Sciences and CERMO-FC Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 1Y4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4321-9777
Cecilia T CostiniukInfectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H3A 3J1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4547-714X
McGill University Health Centre · CAUniversité du Québec à Montréal · CAInstitut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec · CA

Funding

Canadian HIV Trials Network N/ACanadian Institute of Health Research (# CC1-177334)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD), and viral hepatitis are the main causes of morbidity and mortality related to chronic liver diseases (CLDs) worldwide. New therapeutic approaches to prevent or reverse these liver disorders are thus emerging. Although their etiologies differ, these CLDs all have in common a significant dysregulation of liver metabolism that is closely linked to the perturbation of the hepatic endocannabinoid system (eCBS) and inflammatory pathways. Therefore, targeting the hepatic eCBS might have promising therapeutic potential to overcome CLDs. Experimental models of CLDs and observational studies in humans suggest that cannabis and its derivatives may exert hepatoprotective effects against CLDs through diverse pathways. However, these promising therapeutic benefits are not yet fully validated, as the few completed clinical trials on phytocannabinoids, which are thought to hold the most promising therapeutic potential (cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabivarin), remained inconclusive. Therefore, expanding research on less studied phytocannabinoids and their derivatives, with a focus on their mode of action on liver metabolism, might provide promising advances in the development of new and original therapeutics for the management of CLDs, such as NAFLD, ALD, or even hepatitis C-induced liver disorders.

Indexed as

CannabidiolCannabinoidsCannabisLiver Diseases, AlcoholicNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseEndocannabinoidsHumansCannabidiolCannabinoidsEndocannabinoidsALDcannabidiol (CBD)cannabinoidschronic liver diseasesendocannabinoid systemHCVHIVinsulin resistanceNAFLDNASHsteatosistetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Identifiers

PMID36012687
PMCPMC9408890
OpenAlexW4292964042

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Registered trials

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