Li, Xiuzhi https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4482-373X
Wang, Xiaolin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-4073
Liu, Xu
Shan, Ge https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-2088
Chen, Liang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-5497
Article History
Received: 12 July 2024
Accepted: 10 July 2025
First Online: 21 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare the following patent application related to this work. Patent applicants: Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center; University of Science and Technology of China. Inventors: G.S., X.Li., X.W. (co-authors of this article); Application number: CN 2024114540916; Status: Pending; The patent claims cover the application of small protein UFD1s for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of diseases, including NASH. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.