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ArticleScientific reports2024

Carfilzomib shows therapeutic potential for reduction of liver fibrosis by targeting hepatic stellate cell activation.

Ayana Fujiwara, Keisuke Takemura, Anna Tanaka, Misaki Matsumoto, Masato Katsuyama, Takeshi Okanoue, Kanji Yamaguchi, Yoshito Itoh, Kazumi Iwata, Kikuko Amagase and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Amphiregulin and Fibrosis: Existing Evidence and Future Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Amphiregulin in Fibrotic Diseases and Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ayana FujiwaraDepartment of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Keisuke TakemuraDepartment of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Anna TanakaLaboratory of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
Misaki MatsumotoDepartment of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Masato KatsuyamaRadioisotope Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Takeshi OkanoueDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kanji YamaguchiMolecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Yoshito ItohMolecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazumi IwataDepartment of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Kikuko AmagaseLaboratory of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
Atsushi UmemuraDepartment of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan. aumemura@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) play a major role in fibrosis, we focused on HSCs as a potential target for the treatment of liver fibrosis. In this study, we attempted to identify drug candidates to inactivate HSCs and found that several proteasome inhibitors (PIs) reduced HSC viability. Our data showed that a second-generation PI, carfilzomib (CZM), suppressed the expression of fibrotic markers in primary murine HSCs at low concentrations of 5 or 10 nM. Since CZM was not toxic to HSCs up to a concentration of 12.5 nM, we examined its antifibrotic effects further. CZM achieved a clear reduction in liver fibrosis in the carbon tetrachloride (CCl

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Hepatic Stellate CellsLiver CirrhosisOligopeptidesAmphiregulinAnimalsCarbon TetrachlorideCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitosisProteasome InhibitorsAmphiregulinCarbon TetrachloridecarfilzomibOligopeptidesProteasome InhibitorsCarfilzomibHepatic stellate cellLiver fibrosisProteasome inhibitor

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PMID39164386
PMCPMC11335859

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