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ArticlePloS one2011

FGF19 regulates cell proliferation, glucose and bile acid metabolism via FGFR4-dependent and independent pathways.

Ai-Luen Wu, Sally Coulter, Christopher Liddle, Anne Wong, Jeffrey Eastham-Anderson, Dorothy M French, Andrew S Peterson, Junichiro Sonoda

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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96citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ai-Luen WuDepartment of Molecular Biology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Sally Coulter
Christopher Liddle
Anne Wong
Jeffrey Eastham-Anderson
Dorothy M French
Andrew S Peterson
Junichiro Sonoda
University of Sydney · AUWestmead Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) is a hormone-like protein that regulates carbohydrate, lipid and bile acid metabolism. At supra-physiological doses, FGF19 also increases hepatocyte proliferation and induces hepatocellular carcinogenesis in mice. Much of FGF19 activity is attributed to the activation of the liver enriched FGF Receptor 4 (FGFR4), although FGF19 can activate other FGFRs in vitro in the presence of the coreceptor βKlotho (KLB). In this report, we investigate the role of FGFR4 in mediating FGF19 activity by using Fgfr4 deficient mice as well as a variant of FGF19 protein (FGF19v) which is specifically impaired in activating FGFR4. Our results demonstrate that FGFR4 activation mediates the induction of hepatocyte proliferation and the suppression of bile acid biosynthesis by FGF19, but is not essential for FGF19 to improve glucose and lipid metabolism in high fat diet fed mice as well as in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Thus, FGF19 acts through multiple receptor pathways to elicit pleiotropic effects in regulating nutrient metabolism and cell proliferation.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBile Acids and SaltsCell ProliferationCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusFibroblast Growth FactorsGlucoseGlucose Tolerance TestHepatocytesHumansHyperglycemiaMiceMice, ObeseModels, BiologicalBile Acids and SaltsFGF19 protein, humanFibroblast Growth FactorsGlucoseReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4Recombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21437243
PMCPMC3060878
OpenAlexW2089735482

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