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The anti-fibrotic drug pirfenidone inhibits liver fibrosis by targeting the small oxidoreductase glutaredoxin-1

Authors :
Jingyuan Wang
Zhiying Huang
Yue Xi
Hung-Chun Tung
Song Li
Leaf Huang
Jinhan He
Da Yang
Meishu Xu
Sihan Li
Menglin Wang
Songrong Ren
Yanping Li
Haozhe Huang
Wen Xie
Min Zhang
Xinran Cai
Pengfei Xu
Zhengsheng Liu
Yong J. Lee
Source :
Science Advances. 7
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021.

Abstract

Activation of the hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is a key pathogenic event in liver fibrosis. Protein S-glutathionylation (PSSG) of cysteine residues is a distinct form of oxidative response that mo...

Details

ISSN :
23752548
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Science Advances
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....eaf3e7f2d37aef7c894d160f42760d39
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg9241