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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Mechanisms of copper metabolism and cuproptosis: implications for liver diseases.

Haoran Chen, Dongxuan Li, Huimin Zhang, Meiqi Zhang, Yumeng Lin, Haibei He, Aijun Liu, Shiming Shen, Yi Wang, Zhongyu Han

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Copper dysregulation in cardiometabolic disease: copper deficiency versus cuproptosis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  16. Copper Homeostasis and Cuproptosis in Neurological Disorders.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Haoran Chen *Department of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Dongxuan Li *Department of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Huimin Zhang *School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical College, Anhui, China.
Meiqi ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yumeng LinNanjing Tongren Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Haibei HeDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Aijun LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Shiming ShenDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yi WangDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Zhongyu HanDepartment of General Surgery, Chengdu Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to North Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper is an essential trace element in the human body, involved in various biological processes, including cell metabolism, nerve development, and immune function. Its homeostasis is vital for maintaining normal cellular functions, and disruptions in copper homeostasis can lead to a wide range of diseases. Cuproptosis is a copper ion-dependent form of programmed cell death that leads to abnormal oligomerization of lipoylated proteins and dysfunction of iron-sulfur cluster proteins in the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, thereby triggering intracellular oxidative stress and proteotoxic stress. In this review, we have delved into the mechanisms of copper metabolism and cuproptosis, as well as their roles in several liver diseases, including Wilson disease (WD), alcoholic liver disease (ALD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), acute liver injury (ALI), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as well as their therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

CopperLiver DiseasesAnimalsHepatolenticular DegenerationHomeostasisHumansOxidative StressCopperacute liver injuryalcoholic liver diseasecopper metabolismcuproptosishepatocellular carcinomanon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseWilson disease

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PMID40808953
PMCPMC12343240

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