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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2022

Mechanistic insights into the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha as a transcriptional suppressor.

Tomoki Yagai, Takahisa Nakamura

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. miR-375 protects against acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure by orchestrating pharmacogene expression.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Vitamin D improves hepatic steatosis in NAFLDFrontiers in endocrinology · 2023
    Article
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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomoki YagaiDepartment of Metabolic Bioregulation, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Takahisa NakamuraDepartment of Metabolic Bioregulation, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Tohoku University · JPUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

Stem Cell/Organoid and Genome Editing CoreP30DK078392 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LEE ARMISTEAD DENSON · 2007 to 2026
$24.4M
Role of extracellular vesicles in the regulation of immunometabolism in obesityR01DK123181 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI NAKAMURA, TAKAHISA · 2020 to 2023
$2.7M
Establish a novel mouse model tracking multiple extracellular vesiclesR21OD031906 · OD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI NAKAMURA, TAKAHISA · 2021 to 2022
$437k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK078392NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123181NIH HHS R21 OD031906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most prevalent hepatic disorders that 20-30% of the world population suffers from. The feature of NAFLD is excess lipid accumulation in the liver, exacerbating multiple metabolic syndromes such as hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. Approximately 20-30% of NAFLD cases progress to more severe chronic hepatitis, known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), showing deterioration of hepatic functions and liver fibrosis followed by cirrhosis and cancer. Previous studies uncovered that several metabolic regulators had roles in disease progression as key factors. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) has been identified as one of the main players in hepatic lipid homeostasis. PPARα is abundantly expressed in hepatocytes, and is a ligand-dependent nuclear receptor belonging to the NR1C nuclear receptor subfamily, orchestrating lipid/glucose metabolism, inflammation, cell proliferation, and carcinogenesis. PPARα agonists are expected to be novel prescription drugs for NASH treatment, and some of them (e.g., Lanifibranor) are currently under clinical trials. These potential novel drugs are developed based on the knowledge of PPARα-activating target genes related to NAFLD and NASH. Intriguingly, PPARα is known to suppress the expression of subsets of target genes under agonist treatment; however, the mechanisms of PPARα-mediated gene suppression and functions of these genes are not well understood. In this review, we summarize and discuss the mechanisms of target gene repression by PPARα and the roles of repressed target genes on hepatic lipid metabolism, fibrosis and carcinogenesis related to NALFD and NASH, and provide future perspectives for PPARα pharmaceutical potentials.

Indexed as

NAFLDNASHPPARαtranscriptional suppressiontranscriptional suppressor

Identifiers

PMID36507526
PMCPMC9732035
OpenAlexW4310039564

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