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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Extracellular Matrix in Liver Regeneration: Biological and Therapeutic Insights.

Haodong Ma, Wenyue Wu, Wen Zhang, Hong Li, Ziyan Pan, Caihong Wang, Ruoyu Gao, Qiushuang Ji, Zhi Chen, Hong You and 1 more

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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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3citing 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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

11 authors.

Haodong MaBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1627-1035
Wenyue WuState Key Lab of Digestive Health, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6294-0992
Wen ZhangState Key Lab of Digestive Health, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Hong LiBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Ziyan PanBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Caihong WangState Key Lab of Digestive Health, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Ruoyu GaoBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Qiushuang JiBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Zhi ChenBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Hong YouState Key Lab of Digestive Health, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Wei ChenBeijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82130018National Natural Science Foundation of China 82170613National Natural Science Foundation of China 82430023National Natural Science Foundation of China 82470646Young Talent Funds of Chinese Institutes for Medical Research CX23YQB08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver possesses a remarkable regenerative capacity following injury, a process fundamentally orchestrated by the dynamic extracellular matrix (ECM). Far beyond a passive scaffold, the liver matrisome functions as an integrative mechano-biochemical circuit. It comprises a core structural network together with regulatory non-core components that collectively establish a dynamic niche. This niche stores and releases mitogenic cues, transmits mechanical forces, and coordinates multicellular crosstalk. Through receptors like integrins and mechanosensitive channels, ECM-derived signals converge on key pathways, including Hippo-YAP/TAZ and Wnt/β-catenin, to drive hepatocyte proliferation and tissue restructuring. The balance between matrix stabilization and remodeling dictates the outcome, guiding physiological regeneration versus fibrotic progression. Consequently, the ECM emerges as a central therapeutic target and a blueprint for engineering strategies aimed at restoring liver function. Strategies to recalibrate its composition, mechanics, and remodeling, from pharmacological inhibitors to bioengineered decellularized ECM scaffolds, hold significant potential for steering liver repair and combating chronic liver disease.

Indexed as

ECM remodelingliver regenerationmatrix–cell signaling

Identifiers

PMID41899866
PMCPMC13024264

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