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Con A resulted in significant hepatic damage, evidenced by dysregulation in liver function biomarkers, marked inflammatory cell infiltration, and hepatocellular degeneration. Methods: The pretreatment of mice with fasudil (10 and 25 mg\/kg, intraperitoneally) for 7 days resulted in a significant ameliorative effect on these alterations in a dose-dependent manner. Fasudil treatment was associated with suppression of the RhoA\/Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK) pathway and concomitant downregulation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)\/Nuclear factor-\u03baB (NF-\u03baB). Results: These changes were accompanied by reduced macrophage activation and the reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, as evidenced by decreased nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-\u03b1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon gamma (INF-\u03b3), and interleukin-17A (IL-17A). Moreover, it significantly limited the cluster of differentiation (CD)4+ and CD8+ T cell infiltration, thereby modulating adaptive immune amplification. Conclusions: Accordingly, fasudil restored redox homeostasis and mitigated hepatocellular death by rebalancing apoptotic regulators, normalizing the expression of B cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) while reducing the expression of BCL-2-associated X protein (BAX) and caspase-3 activation. Subsequently, fasudil improved liver function profiles and preserved hepatic architecture. Our results demonstrate that fasudil has potent immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-apoptotic effects in AIH. Its protective effects are associated with the suppression of RhoA\/ROCK and TLR4\/NF-\u03baB signaling, supporting further investigation into the contribution of these pathways to the therapeutic actions of fasudil in AIH.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ph19081237","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,6]],"date-time":"2026-08-06T11:43:02Z","timestamp":1786016582000},"page":"1237","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Fasudil Attenuates Concanavalin A-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis and Is Associated with Suppression of RhoA\/ROCK and TLR4\/NF-\u03baB Signaling and Modulation of Immune Responses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Reem A.","family":"Alzoubi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M.","family":"Awad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2283-5327","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marwa E.","family":"Abdelmageed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt"},{"name":"Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Science Technology, Mansoura National University, Mansoura 7731168, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"754","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.26682","article-title":"Autoimmune hepatitis: 50 years of (slow) progress","volume":"59","author":"Gershwin","year":"2014","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"1","article-title":"Epidemiology and treatment of autoimmune hepatitis","volume":"4","author":"Francque","year":"2012","journal-title":"Hepatic Med. 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