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Ferroptosis: a new target for hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury?

Shanshan GuoZexin LiYi LiuYing ChengDegong Jia
Published in: Free radical research (2024)
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) can seriously affect graft survival and prognosis and is an unavoidable event during liver transplantation. Ferroptosis is a novel iron-dependent form of cell death characterized by iron accumulation and overwhelming lipid peroxidation; it differs morphologically, genetically, and biochemically from other well-known cell death types (autophagy, necrosis, and apoptosis). Accumulating evidence has shown that ferroptosis is involved in the pathogenesis of hepatic IRI, and targeting ferroptosis may be a promising therapeutic approach. Here, we review the pathways and phenomena involved in ferroptosis, explore the associations and implications of ferroptosis and hepatic IRI, and discuss possible strategies for modulating ferroptosis to alleviate the hepatic IRI.
Keyphrases
  • cell death
  • cell cycle arrest
  • ischemia reperfusion injury
  • oxidative stress
  • endoplasmic reticulum stress
  • signaling pathway
  • cell proliferation
  • free survival