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However, the role of GA in IDD ferroptosis remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study explored the pathological mechanism of GA in IDD in relation to ferroptosis: (1) to identify ferroptosis-related targets for GA treatment of IDD using network pharmacology and molecular docking technology, (2) to evaluate the therapeutic effect of GA in an IDD rat model and changes in ferroptosis-related targets, (3) to investigate the changes of oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation products in NP cells after GA intervention, and (4) to study the changes of ferroptosis-related proteins and iron ions in cells and mitochondria after GA intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Experimental results confirmed that GA can treat IDD by reducing the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) and pathological changes in IDD. GA can also mitigate ferroptosis by reducing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in rat nucleus pulposus (NP) cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The alleviation of disc degeneration ferroptosis by GA may be closely associated with the key ferroptosis proteins P53 and NRF2.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2025.1501725","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,3]],"date-time":"2025-02-03T01:33:38Z","timestamp":1738546418000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Gallic acid protects intervertebral disc cells from ferroptosis and alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating key factors of oxidative stress"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Zaishi","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zeling","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chaofeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hua","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuai","family":"Pei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baofei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lishi","family":"Jie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoqing","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yujiang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuwei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaofeng","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"436","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chembiol.2020.03.011","article-title":"Breakdown of an ironclad defense system: the critical role of NRF2 in mediating ferroptosis","volume":"27","author":"Anandhan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Cell Chem. 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