Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Chinese Medicine Science Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Nanning Guangxi China
2. Department of Hepatology The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Nanning Guangxi China
3. Department of Acupuncture‐Moxibustion and Tuina Jiangbin Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Nanning Guangxi China
4. The First Clinical Medical College Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Nanning Guangxi China
Abstract
AbstractIn recent years, the incidence of liver disease has increased, becoming a major cause of death. Various liver diseases are intricately linked to pyroptosis, which is one of the most common forms of programmed cell death. As a powerful weapon in the fight against liver diseases, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can affect pyroptosis via a number of routes, including the classical, nucleotide oligomerization domain‐like receptors protein 3/caspase‐1/gasdermin D (GSDMD) pathway, the nonclassical lipopolysaccharide/caspase‐11/GSDMD pathway, the ROS/caspase‐3/gasdermin E pathway, the caspase‐9/caspase‐3/GSDMD pathway, and the Apaf‐1/caspase‐11/caspase‐3 pathway. In this review, we provide an overview of pyroptosis, the interplay between pyroptosis and liver diseases, and the mechanisms through which TCM regulates pyroptosis in liver diseases. The information used in the text was collected and compiled from the databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CNKI, and Wanfang Data up to June 2023. The search was not limited with regard to the language and country of the articles. Research and review articles were included, and papers with duplicate results or unrelated content were excluded. We examined the current understanding of the relationship between pyroptosis and liver diseases as well as the advances in TCM interventions to provide a resource for the identification of potential targets for TCM in the treatment of liver diseases.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
National Natural Science Foundation of China