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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

The role of RNA m6A demethylase ALKBH5 in the mechanisms of fibrosis.

Ziwei Liao, Jing Wang, Mengrou Xu, Xiaoyan Li, Hongming Xu

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ziwei LiaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Mengrou XuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoyan LiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hongming XuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ALKBH5 is one of the demethylases involved in the regulation of RNA m6A modification. In addition to its role in the dynamic regulation of RNA m6A modification, ALKBH5 has been found to play important roles in various tissues fibrosis processes in recent years. However, the mechanisms and effects of ALKBH5 in fibrosis have been reported inconsistently. Multiple cell types, including parenchymal cells, immune cells (neutrophils and T cells), macrophages, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts, play roles in various stages of fibrosis. Therefore, this review analyzes the mechanisms by which ALKBH5 regulates these cells, its impact on their functions, and the outcomes of fibrosis. Furthermore, this review summarizes the role of ALKBH5 in fibrotic diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, cardiac fibrosis, and renal fibrosis, and discusses various ALKBH5 inhibitors that have been discovered to date, exploring the potential of ALKBH5 as a clinical target for fibrosis.

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ALKBH5fibroblastsfibrosism6A modificationRNA modification

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PMID39220683
PMCPMC11362088

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