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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Fibrosis and Hepatocarcinogenesis: Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Liver Disease Progression.

Anindita Banerjee, Patrizia Farci

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Effects of the Polar Fraction ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Long noncoding RNA MEG3: an active player in fibrosis.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2025
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  15. The burden of cancer in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anindita BanerjeeDepartment of Transfusion Transmitted Diseases, ICMR-National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India.
Patrizia FarciHepatic Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver is a complex organ that performs vital functions in the body. Despite its extraordinary regenerative capacity compared to other organs, exposure to chemical, infectious, metabolic and immunologic insults and toxins renders the liver vulnerable to inflammation, degeneration and fibrosis. Abnormal wound healing response mediated by aberrant signaling pathways causes chronic activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), leading to hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. Fibrosis plays a key role in liver carcinogenesis. Once thought to be irreversible, recent clinical studies show that hepatic fibrosis can be reversed, even in the advanced stage. Experimental evidence shows that removal of the insult or injury can inactivate HSCs and reduce the inflammatory response, eventually leading to activation of fibrolysis and degradation of ECM. Thus, it is critical to understand the role of gene-environment interactions in the context of liver fibrosis progression and regression in order to identify specific therapeutic targets for optimized treatment to induce fibrosis regression, prevent HCC development and, ultimately, improve the clinical outcome.

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Disease ProgressionGene-Environment InteractionLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsAnimalsCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, HepatocellularExtracellular MatrixHepatic Stellate CellsHumansLiverenvironmental factorsfibrosis regressiongenetic determinantshepatocarcinogenesisliver fibrosissignaling pathways

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PMID39201329
PMCPMC11354981

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