Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 449-452.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.03.037

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Ferroptosis in chronic liver diseases

Xue Qi, Xu Yayun, Li Jie   

  1. Department of Infectious Disease, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-21 Online:2022-05-10 Published:2022-05-17

Abstract: Objective Ferroptosis is a newly discovered mode of cell death, which is caused by the abnormal increase of intracellular iron ion levels, resulting in the imbalance of redox, lipid peroxidation of cell membrane, and finally cell death owing to cell membrane rupture. At present, the central link of ferroptosis is iron metabolism and reactive oxygen metabolism. Ferroptosis can affect the occurrence and development of a variety of diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, tumors, ischemia-reperfusion injury, immunoimbalance diseases, etc. Increasing numbers of studies have shown that the characteristics of ferroptosis, such as iron overload and accumulation of lipid reactive oxygen species, occur in the development many liver diseases. Ferroptosis can affect the progression of liver diseases by regulating the intracellular iron ion levels and lipid peroxidation degree.In this review, we put emphasis on the research progress of ferroptosis in liver diseases.

Key words: Liver diseases, Ferroptosis, Lipid peroxidation, Reactive oxygen species