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ReviewGenes & diseases2025

Transcription factors, metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, and therapeutic implications.

Shuwei Hu, Yingjie Ai, Chencheng Hu, Fathima N Cassim Bawa, Yanyong Xu

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Review in Genes & diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes: a new hope for metabolic-associated fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Shuwei HuDepartment of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA.
Yingjie AiDepartment of Pathology of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Chencheng HuDepartment of Pathology of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Fathima N Cassim BawaInstitute of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Yanyong XuKey Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Frontier Innovation Center, Department of Pathology of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) encompasses a spectrum of liver diseases ranging from metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, which may progress to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Several mechanisms, including obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, inflammation, apoptosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and reactive oxygen species, have been proposed to underlie the progression of MAFLD. Transcription factors are proteins that specifically bind to DNA sequences to regulate the transcription of target genes. Numerous transcription factors regulate MAFLD by modulating the transcription of genes involved in steatosis, inflammation, apoptosis, and fibrosis. Here, we review the pathological factors associated with MAFLD, with a particular emphasis on the transcription factors that contribute to the progression of MAFLD and their therapeutic implications.

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ApoptosisFibrosisInflammationMAFLDSteatosisTranscription factors

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PMID39911797
PMCPMC11795806

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