Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38240102›Full record

ArticleMolecular medicine reports2024

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells as potential drivers of liver fibrosis (Review).

Jiaqin Gao, Bin Zuo, Yang He

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
10.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Single Cell Analysis Reveals the Presence of Novel Intermediate Cells in Both Mice and Patients With Severe MASLD.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Nanomedicines in the Treatment of Liver Fibrosis: A Review.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Purinergic Signaling in Non-Parenchymal Liver Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  17. Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling InvolvesTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024
    Review
  18. Serum/Plasma Proteome in Non-Malignant Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  19. Review
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiaqin GaoNational Health Commission Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Bin ZuoNational Health Commission Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Yang HeNational Health Commission Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Soochow University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis due to viral or metabolic chronic liver diseases is a major challenge of global health. It is a critical pre‑stage condition of severe hepatopathy, characterized by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix components and ongoing chronic inflammation. To date, early prevention of liver fibrosis remains challenging. As the most abundant non‑parenchymal hepatic cell population, liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) are stabilizers that maintain the intrahepatic environment. Notably, LSECs dysfunction appears to be implicated in the progression of liver fibrosis via numerous mechanisms. Following sustained liver injury, they lose their fenestrae (cytoplasmic pores) and change their crosstalk with other cellular interactions in the hepatic blood environment. LSEC‑targeted therapy has shown promising effects on fibrosis resolution, opening up new opportunities for anti‑fibrotic therapy. In light of this, the present study summarized changes in LSECs during liver fibrosis and their interactions with hepatic milieu, as well as possible therapeutic approaches that specially target LSECs.

Indexed as

Endothelial CellsLiver DiseasesHepatocytesHumansLiverLiver Cirrhosiscapillarizationcrosstalkendothelial dysfunctionliver fibrosisliver sinusoidal endothelial cells

Identifiers

PMID38240102
PMCPMC10828992
OpenAlexW4390911944

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.