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ArticleCell death & disease2021

Withaferin A alleviates fulminant hepatitis by targeting macrophage and NLRP3.

Yangliu Xia, Ping Wang, Nana Yan, Frank J Gonzalez, Tingting Yan

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07724873 (A Phase I/II Trial to Assess Safety and Activity of Standardized Withaferin A as GvHD Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Matched Related Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07724873 phase1 / phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Phase I/II Trial to Assess Safety and Activity of Standardized Withaferin A as GvHD Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Matched Related Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

TypeinterventionalSponsorTata Memorial CentreRan2025 to 2029Enrolled54ConditionsHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT), GVHD - Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Hematological MalignancyArmsSWA (standardized root extract of Withania somnifera)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Exploring the safety parameters ofToxicological research · 2025
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  6. [Research progress on the role and mechanism of PANoptosis in liver diseases].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2024
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  8. SARS-CoV-2 Viroporin E Induces CaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  10. Emerging Vistas for the NutraceuticalPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Gentiopicroside ameliorates CClThe Journal of international medical research · 2023
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  19. Withaferin A in the Treatment of Liver Diseases: Progress and Pharmacokinetic Insights.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2022
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  20. Withaferin A alleviates ethanol-induced liver injury by inhibiting hepatic lipogenesis.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Yangliu Xia *Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Ping Wang *Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Nana YanLaboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Frank J GonzalezLaboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. gonzalef@mail.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-7990-2140
Tingting YanLaboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. Tingting.yan@nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Xenobiotic receptorsZIABC005562 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GONZALEZ, FRANK J · 2009 to 2025
$26.9M
Xenobiotic ReceptorsZIABC005708 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GONZALEZ, FRANK J · 2009 to 2025
$16.4M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fulminant hepatitis (FH) is an incurable clinical syndrome where novel therapeutics are warranted. Withaferin A (WA), isolated from herb Withania Somnifera, is a hepatoprotective agent. Whether and how WA improves D-galactosamine (GalN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced FH is unknown. This study was to evaluate the hepatoprotective role and mechanism of WA in GalN/LPS-induced FH. To determine the preventive and therapeutic effects of WA, wild-type mice were dosed with WA 0.5 h before or 2 h after GalN treatment, followed by LPS 30 min later, and then killed 6 h after LPS treatment. To explore the mechanism of the protective effect, the macrophage scavenger clodronate, autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine, or gene knockout mouse lines NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (Nlrp3)-null, nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-null, liver-specific AMP-activated protein kinase (Ampk)a1 knockout (Ampka1

Indexed as

AMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsApoptosisAutophagyCells, CulturedChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryDisease Models, AnimalGalactosamineI-kappa B KinaseInflammasomesLipopolysaccharidesLiverMacrophages, PeritonealMassive Hepatic NecrosisMiceAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGalactosamineI-kappa B KinaseIkbkb protein, mouseInflammasomesLipopolysaccharidesNfe2l2 protein, mouseNF-E2-Related Factor 2NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, mousePrkaa1 protein, mousewithaferin AWithanolides

Identifiers

PMID33574236
PMCPMC7878893
OpenAlexW3128029717

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