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ReviewHeliyon2024

From MASLD to HCC: What's in the middle?

Alessia Provera, Cristina Vecchio, Anteneh Nigussie Sheferaw, Ian Stoppa, Deepika Pantham, Umberto Dianzani, Salvatore Sutti

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Inflammation in MASLD progression and cancer.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025
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  10. Targeting Metabolism: Innovative Therapies for MASLD Unveiled.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

7 authors.

Alessia ProveraDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Cristina VecchioDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Anteneh Nigussie SheferawDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Ian StoppaDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Deepika PanthamDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Umberto DianzaniDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Salvatore SuttiDepartment of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a progressive pathological condition characterized by the accumulation of triglycerides within hepatocytes that causes histological changes, which, in the long run, might compromise liver functional capacities. MASLD predisposes to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), in which the persistence of inflammatory reactions perpetuates tissue injury and induces alterations of the extracellular matrix, leading to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Furthermore, these processes are also fertile ground for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this latter respect, growing evidence suggests that chronic inflammation not only acts as the primary stimulus for hepatocellular malignant transformation, cell proliferation and cancer cell progression but also reshapes the immune landscape, inducing immune system exhaustion and favoring the loss of cancer immune surveillance. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms orchestrating hepatic inflammatory responses may open the way for fine-tuning therapeutic interventions that could, from one side, counteract MASLD progression and, on the other one, effectively treat HCCs.

Indexed as

Chronic inflammationHCCImmunityImmunotherapiesMASHMASLD

Identifiers

PMID39170248
PMCPMC11336632

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