ArticleEpigenetics2025
Single and multi-omic characterization of a porcine model of ethanol-induced hepatic fibrosis.
Article in Epigenetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- lncRNA, miRNA, and mRNA dynamics in cholangiocyte-to-immature hepatocyte differentiation in liver regeneration.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Gut microbiome in alcohol-associated liver disease: interactions and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Cirrhosis is a form of end-stage liver disease characterized by extensive hepatic fibrosis and loss of liver parenchyma. It is most commonly the result of long-term alcohol abuse in the United States. Large animal models of cirrhosis, as well as of one of its common long-term sequelae, HCC, are needed to study novel and emerging therapeutic interventions. In the present study, liver fibrosis was induced in the Oncopig cancer model, a large animal HCC model, via intrahepatic, intra-arterial ethanol infusion. Liver sections from five fibrosis induced and five age-matched controls were harvested for RNA-seq (mRNA and lncRNA), small RNA-seq (miRNA), and reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS; DNA methylation). Single- and multi-omic analysis was performed to investigate the transcriptomic and epigenomic mechanisms associated with fibrosis deposition in this model. A total of 3,439 genes, 70 miRNAs, 452 lncRNAs, and 7,715 methylation regions were found to be differentially regulated through individual single-omic analysis. Pathway analysis indicated differentially expressed genes were associated with collagen synthesis and turnover, hepatic metabolic functions such as ethanol and lipid metabolism, and proliferative and anti-proliferative pathways including PI3K and BAX/BCL signaling pathways. Multi-omic latent variable analysis demonstrated significant concordance with the single-omic analysis. lncRNA's associated with
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