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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Ferulic Acid Ameliorates Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrotic Liver Injury by Inhibiting PTP1B Activity and Subsequent Promoting AMPK Phosphorylation.

Jianzhi Wu, Xiaoyong Xue, Guifang Fan, Yiqing Gu, Fei Zhou, Qi Zheng, Runping Liu, Yajing Li, Boning Ma, Shuo Li 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 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jianzhi WuSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyong XueSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Guifang FanSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yiqing GuSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Fei ZhouSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qi ZhengSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Runping LiuSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yajing LiSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Boning MaSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Shuo LiSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Guangrui HuangSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Lin MaSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaojiaoyang LiSchool of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation in response to persistent exogenous stimuli or damage results in liver fibrosis, which subsequently progresses into malignant liver diseases with high morbidity and mortality. Ferulic acid (FA) is a phenolic acid widely isolated from abundant plants and exhibits multiple biological activities including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammation and enhancement of immune responses. Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions as a critical energy sensor and is regulated through the phosphorylation of liver kinases like LKB1 or dephosphorylation by protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). However, the role of FA in carbon tetrachloride (CCl

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AMPKferulic acidinflammationliver fibrosisoxidative stressPTP1B

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PMID34566665
PMCPMC8455917
OpenAlexW3198499574

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