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ArticleGut2025

Hepatic TM6SF2 activates antitumour immunity to suppress metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease-related hepatocellular carcinoma and boosts immunotherapy.

Yating Zhang, Mingxu Xie, Jun Wen, Cong Liang, Qian Song, Weixin Liu, Yali Liu, Yang Song, Harry Cheuk Hay Lau, Alvin Ho-Kwan Cheung and 3 more

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Article in Gut, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

13 authors.

Yating ZhangInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Mingxu XieInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3394-4465
Jun WenInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6947-2087
Cong LiangInstitute of Precision Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guang Zhou, China.
Qian SongInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Weixin LiuInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yali LiuInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yang SongInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Harry Cheuk Hay LauInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3581-2909
Alvin Ho-Kwan CheungDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Kwan ManDepartment of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5663-6866
Jun YuInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China junyu@cuhk.edu.hk xiangzhang@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-5008-2153
Xiang ZhangInstitute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China junyu@cuhk.edu.hk xiangzhang@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-3222-5824

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 (TM6SF2) has a protective role against metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

objectiveWe aim to investigate the mechanistic role and therapeutic potential of hepatic TM6SF2 in MASLD-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

designHepatocyte-specific

resultsTM6SF2 was downregulated in tumours compared with adjacent normal tissues from MASLD-HCC patients. Hepatocyte-specific

conclusionHepatic TM6SF2 protects against MASLD-HCC and activates cytotoxic CD8

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularFatty LiverImmunotherapyLiver NeoplasmsMembrane ProteinsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDiet, High-FatHepatocytesHumansMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMembrane ProteinsTM6SF2 protein, humanFATTY LIVERHEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAIMMUNE RESPONSEIMMUNOTHERAPY

Identifiers

PMID39667906
PMCPMC12014897

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