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ArticleCommunications biology2026

TGFBI promotes liver fibrosis through remodeling the profibrotic microenvironment by a positive feedback regulatory loop.

Heming Wu, Xueqian Yan, Lijun Kuang, Yanfei Zhang, Shuting Ye, Rui Huang, Yuehua Zhang, Gaoliang Ouyang, Tiantian Wu, Fan Liu and 1 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Heming Wu *Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Xueqian Yan *Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Lijun KuangDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yanfei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Shuting YeState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Rui HuangDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yuehua ZhangLaboratory Animal Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Gaoliang OuyangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2828-2690
Tiantian WuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. wutiantian@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3846-6052
Fan LiuState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. liufan@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3131-5323
Yingfu LiuDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. liuyingfu@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-4062

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82070607National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82170600National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82273416National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82370623National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82571812Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2022J01015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is a major global health burden with limited treatment options. Transforming growth factor-beta-induced protein (TGFBI) is crucial in fibrotic diseases and tumors, however, its precise mechanism in liver fibrosis remains unclear. Here we show that TGFBI promotes liver fibrosis in male C57BL/6 mice. TGFBI is upregulated in fibrotic livers and derived from non-parenchymal cells. Genetic TGFBI deficiency alleviates liver fibrosis in both CCl

Indexed as

Cellular MicroenvironmentExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFeedback, PhysiologicalLiver CirrhosisTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsbetaIG-H3 ProteinCell ProliferationHepatic Stellate CellsLiverMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionbetaIG-H3 ProteinExtracellular Matrix ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID41634371
PMCPMC12976258

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