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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Sinapic Acid Reduces Oxidative Stress and Pyroptosis via Inhibition of BRD4 in Alcoholic Liver Disease.

Junyi Chu, Ran Yan, Sai Wang, Guoyang Li, Xiaohui Kang, Yan Hu, Musen Lin, Wen Shan, Yan Zhao, Zhecheng Wang and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junyi ChuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Ran YanDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Sai WangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Guoyang LiDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xiaohui KangCollege of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yan HuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Musen LinDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Wen ShanDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yan ZhaoCollege of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Zhecheng WangCollege of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Ruimin SunCollege of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jihong YaoCollege of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Ning ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dalian Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the main causes of death in chronic liver disease. Oxidative stress and pyroptosis are important factors leading to ALD. Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) is a factor that we have confirmed to regulate ALD. As a phenolic acid compound, sinapic acid (SA) has significant effects in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and liver protection. In this study, we explored whether SA regulates oxidative stress and pyroptosis through BRD4 to play a protective effect in ALD. Male C57BL/6 mice and AML-12 cells were used for experiments. We found that SA treatment largely abolished the up-regulation of BRD4 and key proteins of the canonical pyroptosis signalling in the liver of mice fed with alcohol, while conversely enhanced the antioxidant response. Consistantly, both SA pretreatment and BRD4 knockdown inhibited oxidative stress, pyroptosis, and liver cell damage

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alcoholic liver diseaseBRD4oxidative stresspyroptosissinapic acid

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PMID34149421
PMCPMC8212038
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