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ReviewCells2025

Cigarette Smoke Contributes to the Progression of MASLD: From the Molecular Mechanisms to Therapy.

Jiatong Xu, Yifan Li, Zixuan Feng, Hongping Chen

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jiatong XuQueen Mary School, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China.
Yifan LiQueen Mary School, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China.
Zixuan FengQueen Mary School, Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China.
Hongping ChenDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330019, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cigarette smoke (CS), an intricate blend comprising over 4000 compounds, induces abnormal cellular reactions that harm multiple tissues. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disease (CLD), encompassing non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, the term NAFLD has been changed to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and NASH has been renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). A multitude of experiments have confirmed the association between CS and the incidence and progression of MASLD. However, the specific signaling pathways involved need to be updated with new scientific discoveries. CS exposure can disrupt lipid metabolism, induce inflammation and apoptosis, and stimulate liver fibrosis through multiple signaling pathways that promote the progression of MASLD. Currently, there is no officially approved efficacious pharmaceutical intervention in clinical practice. Therefore, lifestyle modifications have emerged as the primary therapeutic approach for managing MASLD. Smoking cessation and the application of a series of natural ingredients have been shown to ameliorate pathological changes in the liver induced by CS, potentially serving as an effective approach to decelerating MASLD development. This article aims to elucidate the specific signaling pathways through which smoking promotes MASLD, while summarizing the reversal factors identified in recent studies, thereby offering novel insights for future research on and the treatment of MASLD.

Indexed as

Cigarette SmokingNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseSmokeSmokingAnimalsDisease ProgressionHumansSignal TransductionSmokecigarette smokelifestyle interventionliver fibrosisMASHMASLDnatural productssmoking cessation

Identifiers

PMID39937012
PMCPMC11816580

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