Bibliometric study of sepsis-associated liver injury from 2000 to 2023

Table 7 The top 20 most cited keywords

Rank	Keywords	Counts
1	Sepsis	335
2	Liver injury	327
3	Gene expression	164
4	TNF-α	144
5	Inflammation	140
6	Rat	123
7	Activation	118
8	Oxidative stress	115
9	NF-κB	94
10	Nitric oxide	92
11	CLP	86
12	Kupffer cell	83
13	Cell	79
14	Inhibition	67
15	Apoptosis	61
16	Mechanism	61
17	Dysfunction	57
18	LPS	57
19	Mortality	53
20	Liver	38

TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor alpha; NF-κB: Nuclear factor-kappa B; CLP: Cecal ligation and puncture; LPS: Lipopolysaccharides.