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ArticleNature genetics2025

Spatially resolved multi-omics of human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Ziyu Li, Gang Luo, Changpei Gan, Huayu Zhang, Ling Li, Xiaoxun Zhang, Xudong Xing, Simeng Hu, Xu Tan, Jingjing Ding and 12 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emerging Immune-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  10. [Research advances on hepatocyte zonal changes in metabolic associated fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  15. [Advances in research on metabolic associated fatty liver disease in 2025].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Ziyu Li *Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2927-8067
Gang Luo *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Changpei Gan *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Huayu Zhang *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Ling Li *Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-7307
Xiaoxun ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Xudong XingBeijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-9378
Simeng HuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Xu TanBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) and Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6126-6549
Jingjing DingDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Liangjun ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Ying PengDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Ziqian XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Qiong PanDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-3098
Christopher D ByrneSouthampton National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-7753
Giovanni TargherMetabolic Diseases Research Unit, IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-3900
Xiao-Zhi JinMAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wei XieMAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9396-3337
Xinshou OuyangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. xinshou.ouyang@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3423-0042
Ming-Hua ZhengMAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. zhengmh@wmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-2631
Fan BaiBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC) and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. fbai@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-8936
Jin ChaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital), Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China. jin.chai@cldcsw.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8543-4566

Funding

RNA m6A methylation contributes to hepatic inflammation in obesity-associated NAFLDR01DK134549 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$379k
National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82325008, 92268110NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK134549
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. We generated single-cell and spatial transcriptomic and metabolomic maps from 61 human livers, including controls (n = 10), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver (MASL) (n = 17) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) (n = 34). We identified microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) as a key regulator of the lipid-handling capacity of lipid-associated macrophages (LAMs), and further revealed a hepato-protective role of LAMs mediated through hepatocyte growth factor secretion. Unbiased deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics delineated a fibrosis-associated gene program enriched in advanced MASH, suggesting profibrotic crosstalk between central vein endothelial and hepatic stellate cells within fibrotic regions. Mass spectrometry imaging-based spatial metabolomics demonstrated MASLD-specific accumulation of phospholipids, potentially linked to lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A

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Fatty LiverMetabolomicsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansLipid MetabolismLiverMacrophagesMaleMultiomicsTranscriptome

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PMID41286103
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