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Fluorosis is a serious global public health problem. Interestingly, so far, there is no specific drug treatment for the treatment of fluorosis. In this paper, the potential mechanisms of 35 ferroptosis-related genes in U87 glial cells exposed to fluoride were explored by bioinformatics methods. Significantly, these genes are involved in oxidative stress, ferroptosis, and decanoate CoA ligase activity. Ten pivotal genes were found by the Maximal Clique Centrality (MCC) algorithm. Furthermore, according to the Connectivity Map (CMap) and the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD), 10 possible drugs for fluorosis were predicted and screened, and a drug target ferroptosis-related gene network was constructed. Molecular docking was used to study the interaction between small molecule compounds and target proteins. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation results show that the structure of the Celestrol-HMOX1 composite is stable and the docking effect is the best. In general, Celastrol and LDN-193189 may target ferroptosis-related genes to alleviate the symptoms of fluorosis, which may be effective candidate drugs for the treatment of fluorosis.
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Biol Trace Elem Res
September 2025
State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Ferroptosis is a form of iron-regulated cell death that plays a critical role in various aspects of female reproductive system development. These processes include the normal estrous cycle, ovarian formation, follicular maturation, ovulation, and pregnancy, all of which are essential for maintaining reproductive health in female animals. However, excessive iron leads to the accumulation of reactive oxygen species within cells, disrupting intracellular redox balance, inducing mitophagy, membrane rupture, and lipid peroxidation, which can damage tissues and cells, ultimately resulting in ferroptosis.
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August 2025
School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Background: Ischemic stroke (IS), the leading stroke subtype (∼87%), arises from vascular occlusions, triggering brain necrosis through ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ferroptosis, an iron-driven cell death via Fe-mediated lipid peroxidation, is implicated in IS pathology. This study demonstrates that enoyl-coA hydrolase 1 (ECH1) may serve as a peripheral biomarker and therapeutic target for IS based on ferroptosis signaling.
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August 2025
Department of Pathogenic Biology & Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Hainan Medical University. Haikou 571199, China.
Objectives: To elucidate the anti-aging effect of β-sitosterol (BS), an important component in the fruits of Miq., in and its regulatory effect on ETS-5 gene to modulate ferroptosis.
Methods: treated with 10 µg/mL BS were monitored for survival time and changes in body length, motility, and reproductive function.
Exp Gerontol
September 2025
Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. Electronic address:
Ferroptosis has been implicated in skeletal muscle aging. Nevertheless, specific ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs) governing skeletal muscle aging remain unclear. The aim of this study was to identify ferroptosis-related marker genes associated with skeletal muscle aging, uncovering potential therapeutic targets for skeletal muscle aging.
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September 2025
Department of Stomatology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100176, China.
To investigate whether (Pg) induces ferroptosis in vascular endothelial cells and predict the Hub genes. Firstly, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were stimulated with Pg (W83) for 4 h, and transmission electron microscopy was used to observe ferroptosis-related morphological characteristics. Subsequently, RNA was extracted from HUVEC before and after Pg stimulation for transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq).
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