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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Natural compounds target programmed cell death (PCD) signaling mechanism to treat ulcerative colitis: a review.

Bo Chen, Xinqian Dong, Jin Long Zhang, Xitong Sun, Lin Zhou, Kangning Zhao, Hualiang Deng, Zhen Sun

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo ChenShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Xinqian DongAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Jin Long ZhangShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Xitong SunShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Lin ZhouShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Kangning ZhaoShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Hualiang DengAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Zhen SunAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease characterized by abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and colon shortening. However, UC is difficult to cure due to its high drug resistance rate and easy recurrence. Moreover, long-term inflammation and increased disease severity can lead to the development of colon cancer in some patients. Programmed cell death (PCD) is a gene-regulated cell death process that includes apoptosis, autophagy, necroptosis, ferroptosis, and pyroptosis. PCD plays a crucial role in maintaining body homeostasis and the development of organs and tissues. Abnormal PCD signaling is observed in the pathological process of UC, such as activating the apoptosis signaling pathway to promote the progression of UC. Targeting PCD may be a therapeutic strategy, and natural compounds have shown great potential in modulating key targets of PCD to treat UC. For instance, baicalin can regulate cell apoptosis to alleviate inflammatory infiltration and pathological damage. This review focuses on the specific expression of PCD and its interaction with multiple signaling pathways, such as NF-κB, Nrf2, MAPK, JAK/STAT, PI3K/AKT, NLRP3, GPX4, Bcl-2, etc., to elucidate the role of natural compounds in targeting PCD for the treatment of UC. This review used (ulcerative colitis) (programmed cell death) and (natural products) as keywords to search the related studies in PubMed and the Web of Science, and CNKI database of the past 10 years. This work retrieved 72 studies (65 from the past 5 years and 7 from the past 10 years), which aims to provide new treatment strategies for UC patients and serves as a foundation for the development of new drugs.

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inflammationmechanismnatural productPCDtraditional Chinese medicineuc

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PMID38405669
PMCPMC10885814
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