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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2023

TAK1 deficiency promotes liver injury and tumorigenesis via ferroptosis and macrophage cGAS-STING signalling.

Wantong Su, Weicheng Gao, Rui Zhang, Qi Wang, Lei Li, Qingfa Bu, Zibo Xu, Zheng Liu, Mingming Wang, Yaqing Zhu and 4 more

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. cGAS-STING signaling pathway in MASLD and liver fibrosis.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  16. [Bioinformatics screening and analysis of key genes of ferroptosis and autophagy in alcoholic liver disease and their validation].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wantong SuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Weicheng GaoDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Rui ZhangDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qi WangDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Lei LiDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Qingfa BuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zibo XuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zheng LiuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Mingming WangDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yaqing ZhuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Guoping WuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Haoming ZhouDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xun WangDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Ling LuDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Affiliated Friendship Plastic Surgery Hospital & Hepatobiliary Center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPlastic Surgery Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background & Aims: Oxidative stress-mediated ferroptosis and macrophage-related inflammation play an important role in various liver diseases. Here, we explored if and how hepatocyte ferroptosis regulates macrophage stimulator of interferon genes (STING) activation in the development of spontaneous liver damage, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis. Methods: We used a transforming growth factor-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) deficiency-induced model of spontaneous liver damage, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis to investigate hepatocyte ferroptosis and its impact on macrophage STING signalling. Primary hepatocytes and macrophages were used for Results: Significant liver injury and increased numbers of intrahepatic M1 macrophages were found in hepatocyte-specific TAK1-deficient (TAK1 Conclusions: Hepatocellular ferroptosis-derived oxidative DNA damage promotes macrophage STING activation to facilitate the development of liver injury, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis. Inhibition of macrophage STING may represent a novel therapeutic approach for the prevention of chronic liver disease. Impact and implications: The precise mechanism by which hepatocyte ferroptosis regulates macrophage STING activation in the progression of liver damage, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis remains unclear. Herein, we show that deletion of TAK1 in hepatocytes caused oxidative stress-mediated ferroptosis and macrophage-related inflammation in the development of spontaneous liver injury, fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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FerroptosisOxidative stressSTINGTAK1Tumorigenesis

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PMID36968217
PMCPMC10033999
OpenAlexW4318940462

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