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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2024

Protective hepatocyte signals restrain liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Marcella Steffani, Yana Geng, Utpal B Pajvani, Robert F Schwabe

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2024. 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
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals the Regional Division of the Spatial Structure of MASH Fibrosis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marcella SteffaniDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Yana GengDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Utpal B PajvaniDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Robert F SchwabeDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Columbia University · USCenter for Digestive and Liver Diseases · US

Funding

The Organoid and Cell Culture CoreP30DK132710 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Robert F. Schwabe · 2022 to 2026
$7.2M
Jagged-Notch signaling in NASH/fibrosisR01DK119767 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Utpal Pajvani · 2019 to 2026
$4.7M
Adipsin in NASHR01DK131169 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Utpal Pajvani · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Tumor-promoting and tumor-suppressive roles of Hepatic Stellate Cell Subpopulations in NASH-HCCR01CA262424 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SCHWABE, ROBERT F. · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
Protective and fibrosis-independent functions of hepatic stellate cellsR01DK128955 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SCHWABE, ROBERT F. · 2021 to 2024
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262424NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK132710NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119767NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128955NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly 40% of the global adult population and may progress to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and MASH-associated liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Despite numerous studies unraveling the mechanism of hepatic fibrogenesis, there are still no approved antifibrotic therapies. The development of MASLD and liver fibrosis results from complex cell-cell interactions that often initiate within hepatocytes but remain incompletely understood. In this issue of the JCI, Yan and colleagues describe an ATF3/HES1/CEBPA/OPN pathway that links hepatocyte signals to fibrogenic activation of hepatic stellate cells and may provide new perspectives on therapeutic options for MASLD-induced liver fibrosis.

Indexed as

Fatty LiverLiver CirrhosisAdultCell CommunicationHepatic Stellate CellsHepatocytesHumans

Identifiers

PMID38557494
PMCPMC10977975
OpenAlexW4393357046

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