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SynthesisBiological trace element research2023

Association Between Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Heavy Metal Exposure: a Systematic Review.

Parisa Sadighara, Amir Hossein Abedini, Namra Irshad, Mahmoud Ghazi-Khansari, Ali Esrafili, Mahmood Yousefi

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Synthesis in Biological trace element research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 72 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Parisa SadigharaDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Food Safety Division, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Hossein AbediniDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Food Safety Division, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Namra IrshadDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahmoud Ghazi-KhansariDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali EsrafiliDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahmood YousefiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahmood_yousefi70@yahoo.com.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a debilitating disease with adverse effects including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Heavy metals can cause severe dysfunction in different body organs including the liver. This review offers the study regarding the positive or negative association between heavy metals exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The method used in this study is a systematic review based on searching in the PubMed, Scopus, and Science direct databases with the keywords of fatty liver, non-alcohol fatty liver, heavy metal, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, thallium, lead, iron, zinc, and nickel. There were 2200 articles searched in databases, and after assessment, 28 articles were selected. Positive association is established between arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, mercury, and fatty liver disease. A negative relationship is found between zinc, copper, and progressive fatty liver disease. Furthermore, laboratory methods for NAFLD diagnosis were examined according to the obtained manuscripts. Among the different diagnostic methods, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sensitive method.

Indexed as

ArsenicMercuryMetals, HeavyNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseCadmiumHumansIronZincArsenicCadmiumIronMercuryMetals, HeavyZincArsenicFatty liverHeavy metalNAFLDZinc

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PMID36929113
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