Evidence mapPaperPMID 41306371Full record

ArticleJournal of clinical and translational hepatology2025

Inflammation and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: Therapeutic Implications.

Yijie Ding, Chengfeng Huang, Guannan Yang, En Liu, Zhongxin Wang, Yong Su, Chaoliang Ge

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical and translational hepatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

7 authors.

Yijie DingDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Chengfeng HuangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Guannan YangDepartment of General Surgery, Graduate school of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, China.
En LiuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Zhongxin WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Yong SuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Chaoliang GeDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-1146

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) is a significant complication of cirrhosis, but its progression and underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to investigate dynamic changes in cardiac function, pathology, inflammation, and mitochondrial damage in a mouse model of CCM, and to compare echocardiographic characteristics in patients with cirrhosis. Methods: Bile duct ligation was performed in male C57BL/6J mice to induce cirrhosis. Longitudinal analyses were conducted over eight weeks. Cardiac function was assessed using serum biomarkers, echocardiography, and electrocardiography. Pathology was examined with hematoxylin and eosin, Masson's trichrome, Sirius Red, and wheat germ agglutinin staining. Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were used to detect markers of inflammation, fibrosis, apoptosis, and mitochondrial function. Cardiac and liver function markers were also evaluated in patients with cirrhosis. Results: Mice subjected to bile duct ligation developed progressive cardiac dysfunction, including reduced cardiac output and diastolic dysfunction (end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness, left ventricular internal diameters, stroke volume, and left ventricular end-diastolic volume decreased, whereas ejection fraction and fractional shortening increased), as well as cardiac atrophy. Myocardial apoptosis, inflammation (elevated tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-6, and p65), and fibrosis worsened over time. Mitochondrial injury was characterized by reduced carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha, with increased hexokinase 2, pyruvate kinase M2, and lactate dehydrogenase A. In patients with cirrhosis, impaired cardiac function and elevated brain natriuretic peptide levels correlated with total bilirubin. Conclusions: The progression of CCM is closely associated with cirrhosis severity and appears to be driven by myocardial atrophy, apoptosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCirrhotic cardiomyopathyFibrosisLiver cirrhosisMitochondriaMyocardial dysfunction

Identifiers

PMID41306371
PMCPMC12643829

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.