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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

A Comprehensive Review of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Its Mechanistic Development Focusing on Methylglyoxal and Counterbalancing Treatment Strategies.

Izabela Berdowska, Małgorzata Matusiewicz, Izabela Fecka

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  7. Mitigation ofJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  8. Glyoxalase 1 Inducer,Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Izabela BerdowskaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland.
Małgorzata MatusiewiczDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland.
Izabela FeckaDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1139-4581

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a multifactorial disorder characterized by excessive lipid accumulation in the liver which dysregulates the organ's function. The key contributor to MASLD development is insulin resistance (IR) which affects many organs (including adipose tissue, skeletal muscles, and the liver), whereas the molecular background is associated with oxidative, nitrosative, and carbonyl stress. Among molecules responsible for carbonyl stress effects, methylglyoxal (MGO) seems to play a major pathological function. MGO-a by-product of glycolysis, fructolysis, and lipolysis (from glycerol and fatty acids-derived ketone bodies)-is implicated in hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Its causative effect in the stimulation of prooxidative and proinflammatory pathways has been well documented. Since metabolic dysregulation leading to these pathologies promotes MASLD, the role of MGO in MASLD is addressed in this review. Potential MGO participation in the mechanism of MASLD development is discussed in regard to its role in different signaling routes leading to pathological events accelerating the disorder. Moreover, treatment strategies including approved and potential therapies in MASLD are overviewed and discussed in this review. Among them, medications aimed at attenuating MGO-induced pathological processes are addressed.

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Fatty LiverMetabolic DiseasesPyruvaldehydeAnimalsHumansInsulin ResistanceLiverOxidative StressPyruvaldehydeadvanced glycation end productsAGEsAMPKMAFLDMASLDmetforminmethylglyoxalNAFLDsilymarinsteatohepatitis

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PMID40141037
PMCPMC11942149

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