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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Molecular Mechanism Pathways of Natural Compounds for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Xiaolei Fang, Jiayu Song, Kaixuan Zhou, Xue Zi, Bin Sun, Huiwei Bao, Lijing Li

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaolei FangCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Jiayu SongCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Kaixuan ZhouCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7621-0715
Xue ZiCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Bin SunCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Huiwei BaoCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Lijing LiCollege of Pharmacy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81274036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, and its incidence continues to increase each year. Yet, there is still no definitive drug that can stop its development. This review focuses mainly on lipotoxicity, oxidative stress, inflammation, and intestinal flora dysbiosis to understand NAFLD's pathogenesis. In this review, we used NCBI's PubMed database for retrieval, integrating in vivo and in vitro experiments to reveal the therapeutic effects of natural compounds on NAFLD. We also reviewed the mechanisms by which the results of these experiments suggest that these compounds can protect the liver from damage by modulating inflammation, reducing oxidative stress, decreasing insulin resistance and lipid accumulation in the liver, and interacting with the intestinal microflora. The natural compounds discussed in these papers target a variety of pathways, such as the AMPK pathway and the TGF-β pathway, and have significant therapeutic effects. This review aims to provide new possible therapeutic lead compounds and references for the development of novel medications and the clinical treatment of NAFLD. It offers fresh perspectives on the development of natural compounds in preventing and treating NAFLD.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseHumansInflammationLiverOxidative Stresshepatic steatosisinflammationnatural compoundsnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID37570615
PMCPMC10419790
OpenAlexW4385278824

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