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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Liver Fibrosis Leading to Cirrhosis: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Perspectives.

Kaumudi Somnay, Priyanka Wadgaonkar, Nidhishri Sridhar, Prarath Roshni, Nachiketh Rao, Raj Wadgaonkar

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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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.

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Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kaumudi SomnayNew York Presbyterian Hospital, Queens, New York, NY 11355, USA.
Priyanka WadgaonkarMontefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA.
Nidhishri SridharNew York Digestive Disease Center, Queens, New York, NY 11355, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-0094-5567
Prarath RoshniNew York Digestive Disease Center, Queens, New York, NY 11355, USA.
Nachiketh RaoNew York Digestive Disease Center, Queens, New York, NY 11355, USA.
Raj WadgaonkarSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is the pathological deposition of extracellular matrix rich in fibrillar collagen within the hepatocytes in response to chronic liver injury due to various causes. As the condition advances, it can progress to cirrhosis, the late stages of which are irreversible. Multiple pathophysiological mechanisms and cell types are responsible for the progression of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Hepatic stellate cells and myofibroblast activation represent a key event in fibrosis. Capillarization of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells further contributes to extracellular matrix deposition and an increase in portal pressure. Macrophages and neutrophils produce inflammatory cytokines and participate in activating hepatic stellate cells. Although initially believed to be irreversible, early stages of fibrosis are now found to be reversible. Furthermore, advances in noninvasive imaging and serum studies have changed and improved how cirrhosis can be evaluated and monitored. Although there are currently no specific approved therapies to reverse liver fibrosis, management of underlying diseases has been found to halt the progression, and to an extent, even reverse liver fibrosis, preventing further liver injury and cirrhosis-related complications.

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cirrhosishepatic stellate cellsliver fibrosisreversibility

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PMID39457542
PMCPMC11505165

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