Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41357886›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Lu Liu, Xiaoyan Zhan, Xianling Wang, Jincai Wen, Caiping He, Xiaoyan Chen, Yuanyuan Guo, Xueting Wang, Liu Li, Haibo Cheng and 2 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Baohuoside I CombatedAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
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

12 authors.

Lu Liu *School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu, Chengdu, China.
Xiaoyan Zhan *Senior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xianling WangSenior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jincai WenSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu, Chengdu, China.
Caiping HeSenior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyan ChenSenior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuanyuan GuoSenior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xueting WangSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Liu LiThe First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Haibo ChengThe First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zhaofang BaiSenior Department of Hepatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaohe XiaoSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu, Chengdu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Methods: The impact of EPE on NK cell activity was assessed via Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and flow cytometry. A co-culture model of NK-92 cells with K562 target cells was constructed to evaluate EPE-enhanced NK cytotoxicity using Calcein-AM release assay. A murine HCC subcutaneous xenograft model was employed to demonstrate EPE-targeted NK cell activation against HCC Results: EPE significantly promoted the synthesis and release of IFN-γ, Granzyme B, and Perforin in NK-92 cells and increased the expression of the activating receptor NKG2D on the NK-92 cell and human primary NK cells surface. Treatment of human primary NK cells with EPE increased the proportion of the CD56 Conclusion: EPE exerts anti- HCC effects by activating NK cells through the activation of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway. This suggests that EPE may serve as a potential immunotherapeutic agent, offering novel therapeutic perspectives for the treatment of HCC.

Indexed as

Epimedium brevicornu Maxim. extract (EPE)hepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapyNK cellSTING

Identifiers

PMID41357886
PMCPMC12678249

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.