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ReviewEndocrinology2021

Pathophysiological Mechanisms That Alter the Autonomic Brain-Liver Communication in Metabolic Diseases.

Anisia Silva, Alexandre Caron

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Review in Endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Catecholamines Activate a Tumour Progression Program in Differentiated Tumour Hepatocytes.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  4. Mechanistic insights into the liver-brain axis during chronic liver disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  8. Liver adrenoceptor alpha-1b plays a key role in energy and glucose homeostasis in female mice.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anisia SilvaFaculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5431-6903
Alexandre CaronFaculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6939-6136
Montreal Heart Institute · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain influences liver metabolism through many neuroendocrine and autonomic mechanisms that have evolved to protect the organism against starvation and hypoglycemia. Unfortunately, this effective way of preventing death has become dysregulated in modern obesogenic environments, although the pathophysiological mechanisms behind metabolic dyshomeostasis are still unclear. In this Mini-Review, we provide our thoughts regarding obesity and type 2 diabetes as diseases of the autonomic nervous system. We discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms that alter the autonomic brain-liver communication in these diseases, and how they could represent important targets to prevent or treat metabolic dysfunctions. We discuss how sympathetic hyperactivity to the liver may represent an early event in the progression of metabolic diseases and could progressively lead to hepatic neuropathy. We hope that this discussion will inspire and help to frame a model based on better understanding of the chronology of autonomic dysfunctions in the liver, enabling the application of the right strategy at the right time.

Indexed as

Metabolic DiseasesAnimalsAutonomic Nervous SystemBrainCell CommunicationHumansLiverNeurosecretory Systemscatecholamineneuropathysympathetic nervous systemtype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID34388249
PMCPMC8455344
OpenAlexW3192109125

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