ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019
Iron-Induced Liver Injury: A Critical Reappraisal.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical practice guidelines on hemochromatosis: Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver.Hepatology international · 2023Guideline
- Assessing Liver and Iron Markers in Steady State Pediatric SCD Patients to Ascertain the Hepatic Consequences of Hemotransfusion: A Case-Control Study in Ghana.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Exocarpium Citri Grandis ameliorates alcoholic liver disease by modulation of hepatic lipid metabolism and iron homeostasis.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
- Ferroptosis as a key player in the pathogenesis and intervention therapy in liver injury: focusing on drug-induced hepatotoxicity.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- MINPP1 promotes ferroptosis in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating CTSB K33-linked deubiquitination via ZRANB1.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Study of the relationship between iron metabolism disorders and sepsis-associated liver injury: A prospective observational study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Observational
- Epidemiological, clinical characteristics and prognostic factors analysis of adult patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a Chinese hospital.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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- Rosmarinic Acid Liposomes Downregulate Hepcidin Expression via BMP6-SMAD1/5/8 Pathway in Mice with Iron Overload.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Hemochromatosis-How Not to Overlook and Properly Manage "Iron People"-A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Copper, Iron, Cadmium, and Arsenic, All Generated in the Universe: Elucidating Their Environmental Impact Risk on Human Health Including Clinical Liver Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- An autopsy report with a diagnostic clinical profile on fatal overdose of life-saving iron supplement.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Article
- Supplementation of Micro- and Macronutrients-A Role of Nutritional Status in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- A convenient and practical index for predicting the induction response in adult patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: ferritin/platelet ratio.Annals of hematology · 2024Review
- Iron Administration Partially Ameliorates Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Damage in the Liver and Kidney of Rats.Journal of toxicology · 2024Article
- Liver Iron Loading in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease.The American journal of pathology · 2023Review
- Oxidative Stress in Liver Pathophysiology and Disease.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Iron as a therapeutic target in chronic liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Iron is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of human liver diseases. Hereditary hemochromatosis is the classical example of a liver disease caused by iron, but iron is commonly believed to contribute to the progression of other forms of chronic liver disease such as hepatitis C infection and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In this review, we present data from cell culture experiments, animal models, and clinical studies that address the hepatotoxicity of iron. These data demonstrate that iron overload is only weakly fibrogenic in animal models and rarely causes serious liver damage in humans, calling into question the concept that iron overload is an important cause of hepatotoxicity. In situations where iron is pathogenic, iron-induced liver damage may be potentiated by coexisting inflammation, with the resulting hepatocyte necrosis an important factor driving the fibrogenic response. Based on the foregoing evidence that iron is less hepatotoxic than is generally assumed, claims that assign a causal role to iron in liver injury in either animal models or human liver disease should be carefully evaluated.
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