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In vitro, LX\u20102 cells, following transfection with siRNA or pcDNA or pretreatment with LIG, were incubated with TGF\u2010\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      1 for the assessment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Knockdown of MEOX1 mitigated fibrosis, both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, through a strategy involving Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) prescription screening, molecular docking, cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA), site\u2010specific mutation and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), we identified LIG as a potential inhibitor of MEOX1. Subsequent validation confirmed that LIG exerted significant antifibrotic effects through MEOX1. Mechanistic studies revealed that MEOX1 promoted transcriptional enhanced associate domain factor 2 (TEAD2) transcription, by binding to the \u2212988 to \u2212982\u2009nt region of the TEAD2 promoter, which increased the transcription of Hippo signalling targets and stimulated hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation and proliferation. LIG can also bind to the HOX domain of MEOX1, thereby inhibiting its function and alleviating hepatic fibrosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion and Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The MEOX1\u2013TEAD2 signalling axis is crucial for hepatic fibrosis. LIG attenuates hepatic fibrosis by targeting MEOX1 and inhibiting the downstream of the Hippo signalling pathway. 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