Targeting fibrosis: Mechanisms and clinical trials

M Zhao, L Wang, M Wang, S Zhou, Y Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Emerging therapeutic approaches for the treatment of NAFLD and type 2 diabetes mellitus

D Ferguson, BN Finck - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most prevalent liver disease
in the world, yet there are still no approved pharmacological therapies to prevent or treat this …

Insights into the molecular targets and emerging pharmacotherapeutic interventions for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

CK Negi, P Babica, L Bajard, J Bienertova-Vasku… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of chronic liver disease
worldwide. With no Food and Drug Administration approved drugs, current treatment options …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Mitochondria as players and targets of therapies?

A Di Ciaula, S Passarella, H Shanmugam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease and
represents the hepatic expression of several metabolic abnormalities of high epidemiologic …

[HTML][HTML] EDP-305 in patients with NASH: A phase II double-blind placebo-controlled dose-ranging study

V Ratziu, ME Rinella, BA Neuschwander-Tetri… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims EDP-305 is an oral farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist under
development for treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The efficacy, safety, and …

[HTML][HTML] Miniseries: Established pharmacological targets for NASHFXR agonists in NASH treatment

L Adorini, M Trauner - Journal of Hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
The farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a bile acid (BA)-activated nuclear receptor highly expressed
in liver and intestine, regulates the expression of genes involved in cholesterol and bile acid …

Liver fibrosis and MAFLD: from molecular aspects to novel pharmacological strategies

W Qu, T Ma, J Cai, X Zhang, P Zhang, Z She… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a new disease definition, and this
nomenclature MAFLD was proposed to renovate its former name, non-alcoholic fatty liver …

Primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: current knowledge of pathogenesis and therapeutics

JW Park, JH Kim, SE Kim, JH Jung, MK Jang, SH Park… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cholangiopathies encompass various biliary diseases affecting the biliary epithelium,
resulting in cholestasis, inflammation, fibrosis, and ultimately liver cirrhosis. Primary biliary …

The ameliorating effect of withaferin A on high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by acting as an LXR/FXR dual receptor activator

VD Shiragannavar, NG Sannappa Gowda… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) incidence has been rapidly
increasing, and it has emerged as one of the major diseases of the modern world. NAFLD …

Discovery of HPG1860, a structurally novel nonbile acid FXR agonist currently in clinical development for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

C Mo, X Xu, P Zhang, Y Peng, X Zhao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor. Activation of FXR
significantly impacts the expressions of the pivotal genes involved in bile acid metabolism …