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ReviewDiabetes & metabolism journal2025

Metabolic Sparks in the Liver: Metabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Hepatic Stellate Cells Activation and Its Implications for Human Metabolic Diseases.

Yeon Jin Roh, Hyeonki Kim, Dong Wook Choi

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Review in Diabetes & metabolism journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yeon Jin Roh *Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Hyeonki Kim *Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Dong Wook ChoiDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Funding

Ministry of Education RS-2024-00415102Ministry of Science and ICTNational Research Foundation of Korea 2022M3A9B6017654National Research Foundation of Korea 2022R1C1C1007023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver plays a fundamental role in metabolic homeostasis, integrating systemic fuel utilization with the progression of various metabolic diseases. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are a key nonparenchymal cell type in the liver, which is essential for maintaining hepatic architecture in their quiescent state. However, upon chronic liver injury or metabolic stress, HSCs become activated, leading to excessive extracellular matrix deposition and pro-fibrotic signaling, ultimately positioning them as key players in liver pathology. Emerging evidence highlights the critical roles of metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic regulation in HSCs activation. HSCs activation is driven by both intrinsic fuel metabolism reprogramming and extrinsic metabolic cues from the microenvironment, while the metabolic intermediates actively reshape the epigenetic landscape, reinforcing fibrogenic transcriptional programs. In this review, we summarize recent advances in understanding how metabolic and epigenetic alterations drive HSCs activation, thereby shaping transcriptional programs that sustain fibrosis, and discuss potential therapeutic strategies to target these interconnected pathways in human metabolic diseases.

Indexed as

Cellular ReprogrammingEpigenesis, GeneticHepatic Stellate CellsLiverMetabolic DiseasesAnimalsHumansLiver CirrhosisEpigenomicsHepatic stellate cellsMetabolic diseasesMetabolic reprogramming

Identifiers

PMID40367987
PMCPMC12086559

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