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Inhibition of protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase or overexpression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 abolished the ferroptotic effects of curcumin in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1586655 Received 03 March 2025 Accepted 14 April 2025 Published 28 April 2025 Volume 16 - 2025 Edited by Jiu Chen, Nanjing University, China Reviewed by Maria Bayliak, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine Imran Ahmd Khan, Jamia Hamdard University, India Updates Copyright 2025 Zhou and Wang