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ReviewInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]2026

STAT1: a central hub linking ferroptosis and inflammation in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Chenxi Li, Yan Chen, Zhengye Wang, Yuchen Ni, Lei Yan

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Review in Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.], 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chenxi LiCancer Research Institute, The Third Teaching Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Translational Biomedical Engineering, No. 789 Soochow East Street, Urumqi, 830011, China. lichenxiuke@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1443-4769
Yan ChenSchool / Hospital of Stomatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, National Clinical Medical Research Institute, Stomatological Research Institute of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830054, China.
Zhengye WangCenter for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Urumqi, 830092, China.
Yuchen NiDivision of Medical Affairs, The Third Teaching Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, No. 789 Soochow East Street, Urumqi, 830011, China. niyuchen@xjzlyy.com.
Lei YanDepartment of Anesthesiology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, No. 91 Tianchi Road, Urumqi, 830001, China. nmyanlei@yeah.net.

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Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2025D01C175The Xinjiang Talent Development Fund XJRC-2025-KJ-PY-KJLJ-118Xinjiang Science and Technology Support Project 2026E02065
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Abstract

Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI) remains an intractable perioperative complication of liver transplantation and hepatectomy, driven by two interdependent but historically segregated pathological cascades: iron-dependent ferroptotic parenchymal death and amplified sterile inflammatory signaling. A critical unmet gap in the field is identification of a single upstream molecular node capable of synchronously coordinating both injury programs. Building upon the foundational murine experimental work published by Wu et al. (2025) defining the STAT1-miR-497-5p-HDAC7 linear signaling cascade, this Perspective advances three exclusive, integrative conceptual frameworks original to our group: (1) STAT1 functions as a convergent master transcriptional hub that epigenetically couples ferroptosis and inflammation via one unified epigenetic axis; (2) the STAT1-miR-497-5p-HDAC7 module represents a conserved universal pathogenic cassette across all solid organ ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI); (3) a tiered tri-modal translational pipeline integrating combinatorial circulating biomarkers, selective small-molecule HDAC7/JAK inhibitors, and tissue-targeted miR-497-5p RNA therapeutics enables dual-action liver graft protection. Beyond synthesizing published mechanistic data, we reframe field-wide generic HIRI research bottlenecks into STAT1-axis-specific testable hypotheses, including compartmentalized cell-type synergistic injury loops, estrogen-driven sexual dimorphism of STAT1 epigenetic activity, and closed bidirectional feedback circuits between STAT1 and canonical IRI pathways (NF-κB, Nrf2, HIF-1α). We further outline a cell-specific knockout and single-cell transcriptomic experimental roadmap to validate our novel predictions, and contextualize near-term clinical translation of this axis for perioperative liver protection. Targeted disruption of this STAT1-centered regulatory hub represents a uniquely promising strategy to simultaneously block both ferroptotic and inflammatory liver damage, with broad translatable implications for multi-organ IRI treatment.

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FerroptosisInflammationLiverLiver DiseasesReperfusion InjurySTAT1 Transcription FactorAnimalsHumansMicroRNAsMicroRNAsSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription FactorBlood supplyGeneticsInflammationLiver(MeSH terms): FerroptosisMetabolismPathologyReperfusion injurySTAT1 transcription factor

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