Empagliflozin-Enhanced Antioxidant Defense Attenuates Lipotoxicity and Protects Hepatocytes by Promoting FoxO3a- and Nrf2-Mediated Nuclear Translocation via the CAMKK2/AMPK Pathway

• Main Authors: Yangyang Wang (Author), Yipei Ding (Author), Pengbo Sun (Author), Wanqiu Zhang (Author), Qilei Xin (Author), Ningchao Wang (Author), Yaoyun Niu (Author), Yang Chen (Author), Jingyi Luo (Author), Jinghua Lu (Author), Jin Zhou (Author), Naihan Xu (Author), Yaou Zhang (Author), Weidong Xie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lipotoxicity is an important factor in the development and progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Excessive accumulation of saturated fatty acids can increase the substrates of the mitochondrial electron transport chain in hepatocytes and cause the generation of reactive oxygen species, result...