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ReviewCellular & molecular biology letters2021

Targeting programmed cell death in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD): a promising new therapy.

Jianan Zhao, Yiyang Hu, Jinghua Peng

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Review in Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Targeting cuproptosis in liver cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  6. [Mechanisms of pyroptosis in metabolic diseases].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  9. Psoas Muscle Index, Systemic Inflammation, and Liver Fibrosis in MAFLD: A Case-Control Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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  14. Honokiol Mitigates Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating Nrf2 and RIPK3 Signaling Pathways.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2024
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  18. Effects of neutrophil fate on inflammation.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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  19. Astaxanthin alleviates PMCellular & molecular biology letters · 2023
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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

3 authors.

Jianan ZhaoInstitute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 528, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, China.
Yiyang HuInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 528, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, China. yyhuliver@163.com.
Jinghua PengInstitute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 528, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, China. pengjinghua2004@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81673750National Natural Science Foundation of China 81830119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most currently recommended therapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) involve diet control and exercise therapy. We searched PubMed and compiled the most recent research into possible forms of programmed cell death in MAFLD, including apoptosis, necroptosis, autophagy, pyroptosis and ferroptosis. Here, we summarize the state of knowledge on the signaling mechanisms for each type and, based on their characteristics, discuss how they might be relevant in MAFLD-related pathological mechanisms. Although significant challenges exist in the translation of fundamental science into clinical therapy, this review should provide a theoretical basis for innovative MAFLD clinical treatment plans that target programmed cell death.

Indexed as

ApoptosisAutophagyExercise TherapyFatty LiverHumansLipid MetabolismMicroRNAsNecroptosisReceptors, Death DomainSignal TransductionMicroRNAsReceptors, Death DomainApoptosisAutophagyFerroptosisMetabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver diseaseNecroptosisPyroptosis

Identifiers

PMID33962586
PMCPMC8103580

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