Iron homeostasis and ferroptosis in human diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

Q Ru, Y Li, L Chen, Y Wu, J Min, F Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Iron, an essential mineral in the body, is involved in numerous physiological processes,
making the maintenance of iron homeostasis crucial for overall health. Both iron overload …

Ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma: from bench to bedside

D Tang, G Kroemer, R Kang - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The most widespread type of liver cancer, HCC, is associated with disabled cellular death
pathways. Despite therapeutic advancements, resistance to current systemic treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative clinical and preclinical studies identify FerroTerminator1 as a potent therapeutic drug for MASH

L Tao, X Yang, C Ge, P Zhang, W He, X Xu, X Li… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
The complex etiological factors associated with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver
disease (MAFLD), including perturbed iron homeostasis, and the unclear nature by which …

Mechanisms and regulations of ferroptosis

XD Zhang, ZY Liu, MS Wang, YX Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Regulation of cell mortality for disease treatment has been the focus of research. Ferroptosis
is an iron-dependent regulated cell death whose mechanism has been extensively studied …

Evaluation of PXL065–deuterium-stabilized (R)-pioglitazone in patients with NASH: A phase II randomized placebo-controlled trial (DESTINY-1)

SA Harrison, C Thang, S Bolze, S Dewitt… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Pioglitazone (Pio) is efficacious in NASH, but its utility is limited by
PPARγ-driven side effects. Pio is a mixture of two enantiomers (R, S). PXL065, deuterium …

ACSL4-dependent ferroptosis does not represent a tumor-suppressive mechanism but ACSL4 rather promotes liver cancer progression

J Grube, MM Woitok, A Mohs, S Erschfeld… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a novel type of programmed cell death that differs from apoptosis in that it
involves iron-dependent peroxidation of membrane phospholipids. Its role in a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of ACSL4 alleviates parkinsonism phenotypes by reduction of lipid reactive oxygen species

F Tang, L Zhou, P Li, L Jiao, K Chen, Y Guo, X Ding… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis is a programmed cell death pathway that is recently linked to Parkinson's
disease (PD), where the key genes and molecules involved are still yet to be defined. Acyl …

The ACSL4 network regulates cell death and autophagy in diseases

F Chen, R Kang, J Liu, D Tang - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary ACSL4 is an enzyme involved in the intracellular conversion of long-chain
fatty acids and coenzyme A into fatty-acid coenzymes. It plays a vital role in various …

[HTML][HTML] Biotransformed bear bile powder ameliorates diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice through modulating arginine biosynthesis via FXR/PXR-PI3K …

S Jiang, X Wei, Y Zhang, L Wang, L Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
NASH is a highly prevalent metabolic syndrome that has no specific approved agents up to
now. BBBP, which mainly contains bile acids, possess various pharmacological properties …

Acyl-CoA synthase ACSL4: an essential target in ferroptosis and fatty acid metabolism

K Ding, C Liu, L Li, M Yang, N Jiang, S Luo… - Chinese medical …, 2023 - mednexus.org
Long-chain acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) synthase 4 (ACSL4) is an enzyme that esterifies CoA
into specific polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as arachidonic acid and adrenic acid. Based …