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Emerging Biomarker Potential of Extracellular Vesicle-Enclosed MicroRNAs for Liver Fibrosis Detection.

Sharmila Fagoonee, Valeria Menchise, Daniela Delli Castelli, Stefania Bruno

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing 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

5 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

4 authors.

Sharmila FagooneeInstitute of Biostructure and Bioimaging (CNR), Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6070-6716
Valeria MenchiseInstitute of Biostructure and Bioimaging (CNR), Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", 10126 Turin, Italy.
Daniela Delli CastelliDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1806-3141
Stefania BrunoDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8879-9536

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is a frequent pathological outcome of long-term liver diseases, arising from sustained damage to the liver. Two main types of liver damage can trigger fibrotic progression: hepatocellular injury, often caused by viral infections, alcohol, or metabolic disorders, and cholestatic injury, associated with impaired bile flow due to autoimmune or congenital conditions. Despite diverse etiologies, liver fibrosis exhibits conserved biological processes, including hepatocyte death, chronic inflammation, disruption of epithelial or endothelial barriers, and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) components. These coordinated events reflect the complex interplay among parenchymal damage, immune activation, and fibrogenic signaling pathways. If unresolved, fibrosis may progress to cirrhosis, liver failure, or hepatocellular carcinoma. In the pursuit of non-invasive biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of fibrosis, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have garnered significant attention. Among the diverse cargoes within EVs, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as particularly promising due to their stability, disease-specific expression patterns, and involvement in fibrogenic signaling. This review explores the role of EV-associated miRNAs in liver fibrosis, highlighting key candidates implicated in hepatocellular and cholestatic injury and their clinical potential as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, with special focus on MAFLD/MASH, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and biliary atresia as representatives.

Indexed as

BiomarkersExtracellular VesiclesLiver CirrhosisMicroRNAsAnimalsHumansBiomarkersMicroRNAsbiomarkerschronic liver diseasesextracellular vesiclesfibrosismicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID40643544
PMCPMC12248845

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