Under normal conditions, NRF2 is bound to its inhibitor, Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1), which facilitates its degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
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The most well characterized classes have been named alpha (GSTA), mu (GSTM), pi (GSTP) and theta (GSTT)
Both are short-acting
Confirmed at 28 days A follow-up 28-day study (Babula et al., 2024) extended the finding: 5-Amino-1MQ dose-dependently limited body weight and fat mass gain without changing food intake, and it improved liver markers in obese mice
Notably, britanin (Bri), a sesquiterpene lactone extracted from Inula japonica, also reduces AMPK phosphorylation, downregulates SREBP1c expression, and alleviates hepatic oxidative stress and apoptosis by decreasing Caspase3 expression and the Bax/Bcl2 ratio, thereby mitigating NAFLD (Dou et al., 2024)