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ArticleNature2025

Kupffer cell programming by maternal obesity triggers fatty liver disease.

Hao Huang, Nora R Balzer, Lea Seep, Iva Splichalova, Nelli Blank-Stein, Maria Francesca Viola, Eliana Franco Taveras, Kerim Acil, Diana Fink, Franzisca Petrovic and 23 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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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

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Developmental origins of immunometabolic health.Immunometabolism (Cobham, Surrey) · 2026
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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

33 authors.

Hao Huang *Developmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3878-3947
Nora R Balzer *Developmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Lea SeepComputational Life Sciences, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute and Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0399-1896
Iva SplichalovaDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Nelli Blank-SteinDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Maria Francesca ViolaDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0660-9506
Eliana Franco TaverasDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-2227-6765
Kerim AcilDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-7838-9928
Diana FinkInstitute of Innate Immunity, Department of Systems Immunology and Proteomics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-1572-4390
Franzisca PetrovicDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Nikola MakdissiDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-038X
Seyhmus BayarDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7077-8748
Katharina MauelDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-4879-032X
Carolin RadwaniakDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7908-1067
Jelena ZurkovicBiochemistry and Cell Biology of Lipids, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5932-4849
Amir H KayvanjooDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1315-8336
Klaus WunderlingBiochemistry and Cell Biology of Lipids, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1237-7510
Malin JessenDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-5929-0064
Mohamed H YaghmourBiochemistry and Cell Biology of Lipids, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Lukas KennerClinical Institute of Pathology, Department for Experimental and Laboratory Animal Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2184-1338
Thomas UlasSystems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) e.V., Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9785-4197
Stephan GreinComputational Life Sciences, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute and Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9524-6633
Joachim L SchultzeSystems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) e.V., Bonn, Germany.
Charlotte L ScottDepartment of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4914-6580
Martin GuilliamsDepartment of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Zhaoyuan LiuShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3117-0833
Florent GinhouxShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2857-7755
Marc D BeyerSystems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) e.V., Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9704-148X
Christoph ThieleBiochemistry and Cell Biology of Lipids, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5161-2558
Felix MeissnerInstitute of Innate Immunity, Department of Systems Immunology and Proteomics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1000-7989
Jan HasenauerComputational Life Sciences, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute and Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Dagmar WachtenInstitute of Innate Immunity, Biophysical Imaging, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4800-6332
Elvira MassDevelopmental Biology of the Immune System, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. elvira.mass@uni-bonn.de.ORCID 0000-0003-2318-2356

Funding

National Metabolomics Data Repository - nextgen Metabolomics WorkbenchU2CDK119886 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SUBRAMANIAM, SHANKAR · 2018 to 2021
$12.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS U2C DK119886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kupffer cells (KCs) are tissue-resident macrophages that colonize the liver early during embryogenesis

Indexed as

Fatty LiverKupffer CellsObesityPregnancy in ObesityPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGlycolysisHepatocytesHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitLiverMacrophagesMaleMiceHif1a protein, mouseHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit

Identifiers

PMID40533564
PMCPMC12367551

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