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ReviewCell death & disease2023

Harnessing metabolism of hepatic macrophages to aid liver regeneration.

Rui Liu, Manuel Scimeca, Qiang Sun, Gerry Melino, Alessandro Mauriello, Changshun Shao, TOR Centre, Yufang Shi, Mauro Piacentini, Giuseppe Tisone and 1 more

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Reprogramming macrophages to treat liver diseases.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2026
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  9. [Role of Kupffer cells in liver regeneration with metabolic associated fatty liver disease in mice].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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  10. M2-Like Macrophages Exhibit Sialic Acid-Enhanced Efferocytosis via the Siglec CD22.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  15. From LAL-D to MASLD: Insights into the role of LAL and Kupffer cells in liver inflammation and lipid metabolism.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Rui LiuDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5002-7311
Manuel ScimecaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Qiang SunInstitute of Biotechnology, Academy of Military Medical Science; Research Unit of Cell Death Mechanism, 2021RU008, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, 100071, Beijing, China.
Gerry MelinoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9428-5972
Alessandro MaurielloDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7351-5676
Changshun ShaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Institutes for Translational Medicine, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2618-9342
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Yufang ShiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Institutes for Translational Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, China. yfshi@suda.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9716-2126
Mauro PiacentiniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy. mauro.piacentini@uniroma2.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2919-1296
Giuseppe TisoneDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy. tisone@med.uniroma2.it.
Massimiliano AgostiniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, TOR, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy. m.agostini@med.uniroma2.it.ORCID 0000-0003-3124-2072

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver regeneration is a dynamic and regulated process that involves inflammation, granulation, and tissue remodeling. Hepatic macrophages, abundantly distributed in the liver, are essential components that actively participate in each step to orchestrate liver regeneration. In the homeostatic liver, resident macrophages (Kupffer cells) acquire a tolerogenic phenotype and contribute to immunological tolerance. Following toxicity-induced damage or physical resection, Kupffer cells as well as monocyte-derived macrophages can be activated and promote an inflammatory process that supports the survival and activation of hepatic myofibroblasts and thus promotes scar tissue formation. Subsequently, these macrophages, in turn, exhibit the anti-inflammatory effects critical to extracellular matrix remodeling during the resolution stage. However, continuous damage-induced chronic inflammation generally leads to hepatic macrophage dysfunction, which exacerbates hepatocellular injury and triggers further liver fibrosis and even cirrhosis. Emerging macrophage-targeting strategies have shown efficacy in both preclinical and clinical studies. Increasing evidence indicates that metabolic rewiring provides substrates for epigenetic modification, which endows monocytes/macrophages with prolonged "innate immune memory". Therefore, it is reasonable to conceive novel therapeutic strategies for metabolically reprogramming macrophages and thus mediate a homeostatic or reparative process for hepatic inflammation management and liver regeneration.

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Kupffer CellsLiver RegenerationHomeostasisHumansInflammationLiver CirrhosisMacrophages

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PMID37644019
PMCPMC10465526

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