硫化和肝脏健康:关于肝脏疾病的见解
Thuy T P Nguyen1,2, Phuc L Nguyen1, So-Hyun Park3
1Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Antioxidants & redox signaling
|November 2, 2023
概括
硫化 (H2S) 是一种重要的气传递物,保护器官免受损伤. 本综述探讨了其在肝脏健康和NAFLD和癌症等疾病中的复杂作用,强调了治疗潜力.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 身体生理学 身体生理学
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
背景情况:
- 硫化 (H2S) 作为一种气体传递物,可以保护哺乳动物免受氧化应激,炎症,高血压和细胞死亡.
- 肝脏富含H2S生成酶,受到H2S信号的显著影响,肝脏的H2S来自肠道微生物群,外源和内源生产.
- 肝脏H2S在肝脏疾病中起着至关重要的作用,包括非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD),肝损伤和癌症,缺陷与严重疾病有关.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地评估硫化 (H2S) 在肝脏生理学和病理学中的生产,新陈代谢,作用机制和各种作用.
- 综合目前对H2S参与非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD),肝损伤和肝癌的理解.
- 探索向H2S通路用于肝病管理的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 关于硫化 (H2S) 在肝功能和疾病中的现有研究的文献审查和批判性分析.
- 对肝脏信号传递相关的内源和外源H2S的检查.
- 根据捐赠者类型,剂量,持续时间和细胞环境评估H2S的多面性作用和争论中的影响.
主要成果:
- 内源的H2S缺乏与恶化的肝病相关,而外源的H2S捐赠者则表现出对肝功能障碍的保护作用.
- 在NAFLD,肝损伤和癌症中H2S的确切作用是复杂的,取决于环境,受各种因素的影响.
- H2S表现出对氧化应激,炎症和细胞死亡的保护功能,这与维持肝脏健康有关.
结论:
- 了解H2S在肝脏健康和疾病中的复杂机制对于推进治疗策略至关重要.
- 准H2S生成酶或利用外源H2S捐赠者为临床前和临床肝病干预提供了有前途的途径.
- 对内源H2S水平的量化可以作为诊断和管理肝病的有价值的生物标志物.
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