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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Ethyl Lactate Ameliorates Hepatic Steatosis and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Injury in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease by Inducing Fibroblast Growth Factor 21.

Yang Jiang, Shuang Wei, Shiming Shen, Yuxiao Liu, Weitong Su, Dong Ding, Zengpeng Zheng, Haokai Yu, Tingting Zhang, Qiuli Yang and 10 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Yang JiangState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Shuang WeiCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Shiming ShenState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Yuxiao LiuCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Weitong SuCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Dong DingCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Zengpeng ZhengCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Haokai YuState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Tingting ZhangCAS Engineering Laboratory for Nutrition, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Qiuli YangCAS Engineering Laboratory for Nutrition, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Jiuxiang ZhaoCAS Engineering Laboratory for Nutrition, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Yi ShenSichuan Langjiu Co., Ltd, Gulin, Sichuan, 646523, China.
Xia FangState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Liangcai LinState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Dongguang XiaoState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Aoyuan CuiCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Qin WanDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Metabolic Vascular Disease Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, China.
Yadong ZhangSichuan Langjiu Co., Ltd, Gulin, Sichuan, 646523, China.
Yu LiCAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-5933
Cuiying ZhangState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.

Funding

China Alcoholic Drinks Association Project 2100040089General Program of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province 24NSFSC0594National Key R&D Program of China 2019YFA0802502National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFA0914504National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFA1801100National Natural Science Foundation of China 32100943National Natural Science Foundation of China 32130047National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371206National Natural Science Foundation of China 81925008Open Project Program of Metabolic Vascular Diseases Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province 2022MVDKL-K2Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major ProjectSichuan Gulin Langjiu Co., Ltd. Project 2024120021000353The Key R&D Program of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 2023BCF01028Tianjin Research Innovation Project for Postgraduate Students YJSKC2021B09Tianjin Science and Technology Project 22ZYJDSS00050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aberrant upregulation of hepatic lipogenesis induced by chronic and excessive alcohol consumption is a critical driver of the progression of alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), however, no effective approaches inhibiting lipogenesis are currently available for treating ALD patients. Moreover, little is known about whether and how nonethanol ingredients in alcoholic beverages regulate the pathogenesis of ALD. Here the discovery of a small molecule that activates the production and secretion of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is reported. It is shown that the activator ethyl lactate, a nonethanol ingredient found in distilled liquors, ameliorates alcoholic hepatosteatosis, inflammation and acute-on-chronic liver injury by stimulating FGF21. In response to chronic-plus-binge ethanol feeding or fasting, ethyl lactate mimics lipogenesis lowering effects by stimulating FGF21 production through the NAD

Indexed as

Fatty LiverFatty Liver, AlcoholicFibroblast Growth FactorsLactatesLiver Diseases, AlcoholicAnimalsHepatocytesHumansLipogenesisLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSirtuin 1fibroblast growth factor 21Fibroblast Growth FactorsLactatesSirtuin 1alcohol‐associated liver diseaseethyl lactatefibroblast growth factor 21hepatic steatosislipogenesis

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PMID39661730
PMCPMC11792039

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