The expression of CTGF in the intestinal mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients correlates with the severity and grade of the disease, and increased expression of CTGF and pERK/ERK have been observed in DSS-induced wild-type mice (Song et al., 2019)
2 Ferroptosis and its link to DCM Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death driven by the excessive accumulation of iron ions within cells, triggering the Fenton reaction, activating oxidative stress, and disrupting lipid metabolism, ultimately leading to cellular demise ( Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) is a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acid phosphatidylethanolamine (PUFA-PE) ( In patients with DCM, the GSH-dependent antioxidant mechanism is suppressed, whereas ACSL4 activation promotes ferroptosis in myocardial cells ( In the development of DCM, sustained hyperglycemia acts as a key driver of ferroptosis
in vitro experiments demonstrated that SGK1 knockdown attenuated erastin-induced downregulation of Slc7a11, GPX4, GSH, and oxidized glutathione (GSSG), while reducing lipid peroxidation, iron accumulation, and mitochondrial damage upregulation, suggesting SGK1's critical role in CHD-associated ferroptosis (44)
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