Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42385689›Full record

ArticleJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2026

Oleanolic Acid Ameliorates Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease by Inhibiting Ferroptosis through Targeting PTGS2 as a Key Molecular Node and Activating the AMPK/ACC Signaling Pathway.

Wei Ye, Lei Wang, Ye Fan, Li Ma, Zaohong Chen, Jinmeng Zhang, Rong Zeng, Xiang Liu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Wei YeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.ORCID 0009-0004-2564-6614
Lei WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Ye FanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Li MaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Zaohong ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Jinmeng ZhangDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Rong ZengDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
Xiang LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression closely involves ferroptosis. Using high-fat diet-challenged mice and free fatty acid (FFA)-treated HepG2 cells, we demonstrate that oleanolic acid (OA) ameliorates MASLD and suppresses ferroptosis─an effect validated by the ferroptosis activator Erastin. Supported by network pharmacology, mechanistic analyses reveal that OA exerts synergistic efficacy via a dual-axis network. First, molecular docking, cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations confirm that OA directly binds PTGS2, mitigating lipid peroxidation and inflammatory mediator release. Second, OA activates the AMPK/ACC metabolic signaling pathway, inhibiting ACC through phosphorylation to correct lipid metabolism disorders, and its antiferroptotic effect can be blocked by AMPK inhibitors. This study first elucidates OA's therapeutic mechanism against MASLD via "metabolic correction + oxidative inhibition," outlining a novel strategy for targeting hepatic ferroptosis.

Indexed as

AMP-Activated Protein KinasesFerroptosisOleanolic AcidAnimalsCyclooxygenase 2Fatty LiverHumansMiceNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAMP-Activated Protein KinasesCyclooxygenase 2Oleanolic AcidPTGS2 protein, humanAMPK/ACCferroptosisMASLDnetwork pharmacologyoleanolic acidPTGS2

Identifiers

PMID42385689
PMCPMC13383740

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.