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ReviewWorld journal of hepatology2025

Copper and hepatic lipid dysregulation: Mechanisms and implications.

Dong-Jing Gao, Tao Zeng, Yu-Tian Chong, Xin-Hua Li

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Review in World journal of hepatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Copper deficiency aggravates oxidative stress, inflammation, and liver damage induced by a high-fat diet in a mouse model.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dong-Jing GaoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Liver Disease of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
Tao ZengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Liver Disease of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
Yu-Tian ChongDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
Xin-Hua LiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China. lixinh8@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and Wilson's disease (WD) are common clinical conditions characterized by hepatic steatosis. Copper has been associated with the progression of hepatic steatosis, but its precise mechanism remains unclear. Emerging research on hepatic copper homeostasis-including its role in liver aging, cuproptosis induction, and lipid metabolism dysregulation-highlighted its significance in liver pathophysiology. Multiple mechanisms have been implicated in copper-induced hepatic lipid metabolism abnormalities, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum stress, impaired glucose metabolism, AMPK activation, hepatic nuclear receptor modulation, and cuproptosis. Both copper excess and deficiency could trigger hepatic steatosis

Indexed as

CopperHepatic steatosisMechanismMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseWilson's disease

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PMID40901588
PMCPMC12400436

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