miR-7-5p Promotes Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation by Targeting Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 by Shuxia Tian, Min Chen, Bing Wang, Yonglong Han, Haonan Shang, Junming Chen

“…This study was designed to examine the role of the miR-7-5p/FGFR4 axis in liver fibrogenesis. Methods. TargetScan was employed to predict microRNAs that targeted FGFR4 on the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR). miR-7-5p and FGFR4 expression in pathological liver tissues and LX-2 cells was determined using qRT-PCR and an immunoblotting assay. …”
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Polycystin-1 regulates tendon-derived mesenchymal stem cells fate and matrix organization in heterotopic ossification by Yi Li Xu, Mei Huang, Yang Zhang, Xin Ying Su, Min Huang, Nan Yu Zou, Yu Rui Jiao, Yu Chen Sun, Ling Liu, Yong Hua Lei, Chang Jun Li

“…Conditional gene depletion of Pkd1 or Taz in CTSK lineage cells and pharmaceutical intervention in the PC1-TAZ axis disrupt osteogenesis, fibrogenesis and ECM organization, and consequently attenuate HO progression. …”
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Opioid System and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition by Marzena Łazarczyk, Dominik Skiba, Michel-Edwar Mickael, Kinga Jaskuła, Agata Nawrocka, Piotr Religa, Mariusz Sacharczuk

“…Transiently lasting EMT is desirable during wound healing, but in cancer, or vital organ fibrogenesis, EMT appears to be an obstacle to overcome, forcing to adjust treatment strategies that would reduce the risk for worsening of the disease outcome and patient prognosis. …”
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PPARγ Antagonizes Hypoxia-Induced Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cell through Cross Mediating PI3K/AKT and cGMP/PKG Signaling by Qinghui Zhang, Shihao Xiang, Qingqian Liu, Tao Gu, Yongliang Yao, Xiaojie Lu

“…This study was aimed at investigating the role of PPARγ in hypoxia-induced hepatic fibrogenesis and its possible mechanism. Methods. Rats used for CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis model were exposed to hypoxia for 8 hours each day. …”
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Effects of linsitinib on M22 and IGF:1-treated 3D spheroids of human orbital fibroblasts by Fumihito Hikage, Megumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Sato, Araya Umetsu, Toshifumi Ogawa, Nami Nishikiori, Masato Furuhashi, Hiroshi Ohguro, Megumi Watanabe

“…The findings presented herein indicate that IGF1R inhibition by Lins may beneficially affect GO-related fibrogenesis.…”
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Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Alcoholic Hepatitis and Viral Hepatitis C by Manuela G. Neuman, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Nir Hilzenrat, Marc Bourliere, Patrick Marcellin, Cristhian Trepo, Tony Mazulli, George Moussa, Ankit Patel, Asad A. Baig, Lawrence Cohen

“…High levels of profibrinogenic cytokine transforming factor beta (TGF-β), metalloprotease (MMP2), and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloprotease 1 (TIMP1) contribute to fibrogenesis in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and in alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD). …”
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Extracellular Vesicles from Amnion-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis in Rats by Masatsugu Ohara, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Hidetaka Hosono, Koji Yamamoto, Kohei Yuyama, Hideki Nakamura, Qingjie Fu, Osamu Maehara, Goki Suda, Naoya Sakamoto

“…AMSC-EVs ameliorated inflammation and fibrogenesis in a rat model of NASH and liver fibrosis, potentially by attenuating HSC and KC activation. …”
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TWEAK-Fn14 signaling protects mice from pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting fibroblast activation and recruiting pro-regenerative macrophages by Li Liu, Pei Wu, Yuqi Wei, Meng Lu, Haiyan Ge, Ping Wang, Jianlong Sun, Tiffany Horng, Xiucheng Liu, Xiaoyong Shen, Lingyun Sun, Ying Xi

“…The role of macrophage-fibroblast crosstalk in lung fibrogenesis is incompletely understood. Here we found that fibroblast growth factor-inducible molecule 14 (Fn14), the receptor for tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) is highly induced in myofibroblasts in the lungs of IPF patients and the bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis model. …”
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Adverse events of hepatic anti-fibrotic agents in phase 3 and above clinical trials: a descriptive analysis of the WHO-VigiAccess database by Yuwei Liu, Yuwei Liu, Xu Zhao, Xu Zhao, Xinrui Wang, Xinrui Wang, Qiang Zhou, Qiang Zhou

“…Advances in understanding hepatic fibrogenesis have led to the development of anti-fibrotic agents, and some of them have shown promise in phase 3 and above clinical trials. …”
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Hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor-like cells attenuate liver cirrhosis via induction of apoptosis in hepatic stellate cells by Xu Zhou, Wen-Ming Liu, Han-Yong Sun, Yuan Peng, Ren-Jie Huang, Cai-Yang Chen, Hong-Dan Zhang, Shen-Ao Zhou, Hong-Ping Wu, Dan Tang, Wei-Jian Huang, Han Wu, Qi-Gen Li, Bo Zhai, Qiang Xia, Wei-Feng Yu, He-Xin Yan

“…Transplantation of HepLPCs resulted in decreased active fibrogenesis and net fibrosis in cirrhosis models. Apoptosis of HSCs was observed in vivo after HepLPC treatment. …”
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Changes in DNA methylation profile in liver tissue during progression of HCV-induced fibrosis to hepatocellular carcinoma by I. A. Goncharova, A. A. Zarubin, N. P. Babushkina, I. A. Koroleva, M. S. Nazarenko

“…Among the genes of fibrogenesis or DNA repair, cg14143055 (ADAMDEC1) is located in the binding region of the HOX gene family transcription factors (TFs), while cg05921699 (CD79A), cg06196379 (TREM1) and cg10990993 (MLH1) are located in the binding region of the ZNF protein family transcription factor (TF). …”
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The spatiotemporal and paradoxical roles of NRF2 in renal toxicity and kidney diseases by Yiying Bian, Jize Dong, Zhengsheng Zhou, Hua Zhou, Yuanyuan Xu, Qiang Zhang, Chengjie Chen, Jingbo Pi

“…These changes are directly or indirectly connected to altered antioxidant defense, damage repair, inflammatory response, regulated cell death and fibrogenesis, culminating ultimately in either protective or deleterious outcomes. …”
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Serum biomarkers in the metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver fibrosis diagnosis in children by Yu.M. Stepanov, N.Yu. Zavhorodnia, I.A. Klenina, O.M. Tatarchuk, O.P. Petishko

“…Serum content of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) was studied using an ELISA test system from IBL International (Germany). Fibrogenesis processes were evaluated by the serum content of free hydroxyproline (HPf), protein-bound hydroxyproline (HPp/b) and glycosaminoglycans (GAG). …”
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Liver transcriptome analysis reveals PSC-attributed gene set associated with fibrosis progression by Alena Laschtowitz, Eric L. Lindberg, Anna-Maria Liebhoff, Laura Anne Liebig, Christian Casar, Silja Steinmann, Adrien Guillot, Jun Xu, Dorothee Schwinge, Michael Trauner, Ansgar Wilhelm Lohse, Stefan Bonn, Norbert Hübner, Christoph Schramm

“…Conclusions: We reveal a PSC-attributed gene signature associated with biliary fibrosis development that may enable the identification of potential new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in PSC-related fibrogenesis. Impact and implications:: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an inflammatory liver disease that is characterized by multifocal inflammation of bile ducts and subsequent biliary fibrosis. …”
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