Metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease in individuals of normal weight

M Eslam, HB El-Serag, S Francque, SK Sarin… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects up to a third of the
global population; its burden has grown in parallel with rising rates of type 2 diabetes …

MAFLD: a consensus-driven proposed nomenclature for metabolic associated fatty liver disease

M Eslam, AJ Sanyal, J George, A Sanyal… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Fatty liver associated with metabolic dysfunction is common, affects a quarter of the
population, and has no approved drug therapy. Although pharmacotherapies are in …

Genetics and epigenetics of NAFLD and NASH: Clinical impact

M Eslam, L Valenti, S Romeo - Journal of hepatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now recognised as the most common liver
disease worldwide. It encompasses a broad spectrum of conditions, from simple steatosis …

Lean NAFLD: a distinct entity shaped by differential metabolic adaptation

F Chen, S Esmaili, GB Rogers, E Bugianesi, S Petta… - Hepatology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions This study demonstrates that E. multilocularis can induce T‐cell exhaustion
through inhibitory receptor TIGIT, and that blocking this checkpoint may reverse the …

Genetic contributions to NAFLD: leveraging shared genetics to uncover systems biology

M Eslam, J George - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2020 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects around a quarter of the global population,
paralleling worldwide increases in obesity and metabolic syndrome. NAFLD arises in the …

History of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

A Lonardo, S Leoni, KA Alswat, Y Fouad - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Based on the assumption that characterizing the history of a disease will help in improving
practice while offering a clue to research, this article aims at reviewing the history of …

MAFLD vs. NAFLD: shared features and potential changes in epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and pharmacotherapy

YX Xian, JP Weng, F Xu - Chinese medical journal, 2021 - mednexus.org
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease
worldwide, placing an increasing burden on human health. NAFLD is a complex …

Combined effects of the PNPLA3 rs738409, TM6SF2 rs58542926, and MBOAT7 rs641738 variants on NAFLD severity: A multicenter biopsy-based study1

M Krawczyk, M Rau, JM Schattenberg, H Bantel… - Journal of lipid …, 2017 - ASBMB
The PNPLA3 p. I148M, TM6SF2 p. E167K, and MBOAT7 rs641738 variants represent
genetic risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here we investigate if these …

The TM6SF2 E167K genetic variant induces lipid biosynthesis and reduces apolipoprotein B secretion in human hepatic 3D spheroids

S Prill, A Caddeo, G Baselli, O Jamialahmadi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
There is a high unmet need for developing treatments for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD), for which there are no approved drugs today. Here, we used a human in vitro …

Heterozygous carriage of the alpha1-antitrypsin Pi* Z variant increases the risk to develop liver cirrhosis

P Strnad, S Buch, K Hamesch, J Fischer, J Rosendahl… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Homozygous alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency increases the risk for developing
cirrhosis, whereas the relevance of heterozygous carriage remains unclear. Hence, we …