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ReviewHepatic oncology2020

Hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma and stress: untangling the host immune response from clinical outcomes.

Peter D Block, Brianna Shinn, Jin Hyang Kim, Hie-Won Hann

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Review in Hepatic oncology, 2020. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Hepatitis B Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Chronic Stress.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter D BlockDepartment of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-6881
Brianna ShinnDepartment of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Jin Hyang KimBristol-Myers Squibb, 3401 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA.
Hie-Won HannDepartment of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Liver Disease Prevention Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-8700
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · USBristol-Myers Squibb (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health challenge on the global scale. Affecting hundreds of millions worldwide, HBV is a leading risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Clinical outcomes from chronic HBV infection are varied and appear to be influenced by a complex and dysregulated host immune response. In turn, much attention has been given to the immunologic response to HBV in an effort to identify host factors that lead to the development of HCC. However, the role of nonimmunologic host factors, such as chronic stress, in HBV-related HCC is poorly defined. Indeed, a growing appreciation for the effects of stress on chronic liver diseases raises the question of its role in chronic HBV infection. In this light, the present review will untangle the roles of key host factors in HBV-related HCC with an emphasis on chronic stress as a viable contributor. First discussed is the interplay of stress, inflammation and chronic liver disease. The host immune response's role as a driver of HBV-related HCC is then reviewed, allowing for a close exploration of the effects of stress on immune function in chronic hepatitis B and as a potential risk factor for HBV-related HCC.

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hepatitis Bhepatocellular carcinomaimmune responsestress

Identifiers

PMID33680431
PMCPMC7907965
OpenAlexW3115839115

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