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Publication Name World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID 117382
Country China
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ISSN 1948-5182 (online)
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Category Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type Correspondence
Article Title Letter to the Editor: Natural product intervention in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: From allyl isothiocyanate to signaling networks
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Rui Tian, Yi-Xin Wu, Jie-Yu Guo, Xing-Zhen Chen, Jing-Feng Tang and Ce-Fan Zhou
ORCID
Author(s) ORCID Number
Jing-Feng Tang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-4518
Ce-Fan Zhou http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-3843
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Corresponding Author Ce-Fan Zhou, Professor, School of Life and Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Research, National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, No. 28 Nanli Road, Wuhan 430068, Hubei Province, China. cefan@hbut.edu.cn
Key Words Allyl isothiocyanate; Metabolically-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; Vitamin D receptor; Multitarget therapy; Network pharmacology
Core Tip This comment highlights that allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) illustrates the principle of multi-target natural product therapy for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Beyond the novel vitamin D receptor/hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha pathway identified by Gao et al, we integrate this axis with established AITC targets, such as sirtuin 1/AMP-activated protein kinase, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, to construct a multiple-signaling network. This network collectively reprograms lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and oxidative stress. Future research must validate this integrative mechanism in vivo and leverage systems biology to advance AITC as a precise, network-based therapeutic strategy.
Publish Date 2026-08-18 03:51
Citation

Tian R, Wu YX, Guo JY, Chen XZ, Tang JF, Zhou CF. Letter to the Editor: Natural product intervention in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: From allyl isothiocyanate to signaling networks. World J Hepatol 2026; 18(8): 117382

URL https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v18/i8/117382.htm
DOI https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.117382
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