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ArticleScience advances2025

Extrachromosomal circular DNA promotes inflammation and hepatocellular carcinoma development.

Lap Kwan Chan, Juanjuan Shan, Elias Rodriguez-Fos, Marc Eamonn Healy, Peter Leary, Rossella Parrotta, Nina Desboeufs, Gabriel Semere, Nadine Wittstruck, Anton G Henssen and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Micronuclei: origins, assays, mechanisms, diseases and treatments.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lap Kwan ChanDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9165-6982
Juanjuan ShanDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0640-1652
Elias Rodriguez-FosDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2555-0178
Marc Eamonn HealyDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9441-1166
Peter LearyInstitute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1430-6185
Rossella ParrottaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nina DesboeufsDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0007-0883-579X
Gabriel SemereDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nadine WittstruckDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-4378-3226
Anton G HenssenDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1534-778X
Achim WeberDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0073-3637

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two decades after the initial report on increased micronuclei in human chronic liver disease (CLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), their role in HCC development is still poorly understood. Here, we show that micronuclei in hepatocytes trigger a hepatic immune response and promote HCC development via an increased level of extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA). Livers of a CLD model (

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularDNA, CircularInflammationLiver NeoplasmsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHepatocytesHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceNucleotidyltransferasesSTING ProteinDNA, CircularMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesSting1 protein, mouseSTING Protein

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PMID41105787
PMCPMC12533639

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