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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Natural products for anti-fibrotic therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: marine and terrestrial insights.

Meiting Ma, Zhengqi Chu, Hongyu Quan, Hanxu Li, Yuran Zhou, Yanhong Han, Kefeng Li, Wenjun Pan, De-Yun Wang, Yan Yan and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Meiting MaKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Zhengqi ChuKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Hongyu QuanKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Hanxu LiKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Yuran ZhouGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Joint Laboratory of Interventional Medicine, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Yanhong HanKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Kefeng LiFaculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macau, Macao SAR, China.
Wenjun PanDepartment of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
De-Yun WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Yan YanGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Joint Laboratory of Interventional Medicine, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Zunpeng ShuKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Yongkang QiaoKey Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) of unknown etiology, characterized by increasing incidence and intricate pathogenesis. Current FDA-approved drugs suffer from significant side effects and limited efficacy, highlighting the urgent need for innovative therapeutic agents for IPF. Natural products (NPs), with their multi-target and multifaceted properties, present promising candidates for new drug development. This review delineates the anti-fibrotic pathways and targets of various natural products based on the established pathological mechanisms of IPF. It encompasses over 20 compounds, including flavonoids, saponins, polyphenols, terpenoids, natural polysaccharides, cyclic peptides, deep-sea fungal alkaloids, and algal proteins, sourced from both terrestrial and marine environments. The review explores their potential roles in mitigating pulmonary fibrosis, such as inhibiting inflammatory responses, protecting against lipid peroxidation damage, suppressing mesenchymal cell activation and proliferation, inhibiting fibroblast migration, influencing the synthesis and secretion of pro-fibrotic factors, and regulating extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis and degradation. Additionally, it covers various

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anti-fibroticidiopathic pulmonary fibrosismechanisms of actionnatural productstherapeutic target

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PMCPMC12116445

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