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ArticleCells2022

Radiotherapy of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice Has a Time-Of-Day-Dependent Impact on the Mouse Hippocampus.

Mona Yassine, Soha A Hassan, Simon Sommer, Lea Aylin Yücel, Hanna Bellert, Johanna Hallenberger, Dennis Sohn, Horst-Werner Korf, Charlotte von Gall, Amira A H Ali

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Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Around the Clock.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mona YassineInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Soha A HassanInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8566-4727
Simon SommerInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Lea Aylin YücelInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Hanna BellertInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Johanna HallenbergerInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Dennis SohnLaboratory of Molecular Radiooncology, Clinic and Policlinic for Radiation Therapy and Radiooncology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universität Strasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Horst-Werner KorfInstitute of Anatomy I, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5051-0303
Charlotte von GallInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5088-3118
Amira A H AliInstitute of Anatomy II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0058-0300
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEMansoura University · EGSuez University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic liver diseases including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) create a state of chronic inflammation that affects the brain via the liver-brain axis leading to an alteration of neurotransmission and cognition. However, little is known about the effects of HCC on the hippocampus, the key brain region for learning and memory. Moreover, radiotherapy used to treat HCC has severe side effects that impair patients' life quality. Thus, designing optimal strategies, such as chronotherapy, to enhance the efficacy and reduce the side effects of HCC treatment is critically important. We addressed the effects of HCC and the timed administration of radiotherapy in mice on the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, clock genes, markers for glial activation, oxidative stress, neuronal activity and proliferation in the hippocampal neurogenic niche. Our data showed that HCC induced the upregulation of genes encoding for pro-inflammatory cytokines, altered clock gene expressions and reduced proliferation in the hippocampus. Radiotherapy, in particular when applied during the light/inactive phase enhanced all these effects in addition to glial activation, increased oxidative stress, decreased neuronal activity and increased levels of phospho(p)-ERK. Our results suggested an interaction of the circadian molecular clockwork and the brain's innate immune system as key players in liver-brain crosstalk in HCC and that radiotherapy when applied during the light/inactive phase induced the most profound alterations in the hippocampus.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsAnimalsCytokinesHippocampusMiceCytokineschronotherapycircadian clockclock genescytokineshepatocellular carcinomahippocampusneuroinflammationp-ERKphenobarbitalradiotherapy

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PMID36611854
PMCPMC9818790
OpenAlexW4313245035

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