“…Recent data suggests that the concentration of labile iron is one of the important factors in regulating the relationship between cell proliferation and apoptosis [16,22]. Thus, ironinduced oxidative stress (OS) is the leading pathogenetic mechanism of DIOS, which is also an important part of the pathogenesis of NASH and ASH [2,5,6,11,15]. It is known that an excess of elemental iron acts as a catalyst for FROL, stimulates apoptosis, cytolysis, collagen formation and tissue fibrosis at the sites of micronutrient deposition [3,12,22].…”