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Ductular Reactions in Liver Injury, Regeneration, and Disease Progression-An Overview.

Nirmala Mavila, Mallikarjuna Siraganahalli Eshwaraiah, Jaquelene Kennedy

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Review in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ductular Reaction Underlies Development of Portal Hypertension in Biliary Atresia.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  15. Roles of PDGF/PDGFR signaling in various organs.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nirmala MavilaKarsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5608-3349
Mallikarjuna Siraganahalli EshwaraiahKarsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-2785-8924
Jaquelene KennedyKarsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

FGFR Signaling in Liver Injury and FibrosisR01DK131071 · NIDDK · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAVILA, NIRMALA · 2022 to 2025
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ductular reaction (DR) is a complex cellular response that occurs in the liver during chronic injuries. DR mainly consists of hyper-proliferative or reactive cholangiocytes and, to a lesser extent, de-differentiated hepatocytes and liver progenitors presenting a close spatial interaction with periportal mesenchyme and immune cells. The underlying pathology of DRs leads to extensive tissue remodeling in chronic liver diseases. DR initiates as a tissue-regeneration mechanism in the liver; however, its close association with progressive fibrosis and inflammation in many chronic liver diseases makes it a more complicated pathological response than a simple regenerative process. An in-depth understanding of the cellular physiology of DRs and their contribution to tissue repair, inflammation, and progressive fibrosis can help scientists develop cell-type specific targeted therapies to manage liver fibrosis and chronic liver diseases effectively.

Indexed as

Liver DiseasesDisease ProgressionFibrosisHumansInflammationductular reactionliver fibrosisliver injuryliver progenitors

Identifiers

PMID38607018
PMCPMC11011399
OpenAlexW4393187888

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Registered trials

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