Commented Articles
PanNASH covers commented articles ans publications to acquire sufficient information, understanding, and skills to cope with NASH/NAFLD healthcare demands.
Chronic vitamin C deficiency decreases NAFLD progression
This animal study aimed to reveal the role of vitamin C in NAFLD progression
NAFLD and carotid Intima-media thickness in Nepal
MAFLD: brain-gut-liver axis and insulin resistance
There are many complex physio-pathologic connections within the brain, gut, and liver axis. This review by E. Rebelos et al. (University of Turku, Finland) is focused on the early pathophysiology of brain, gut, and liver axis in the context of insulin resistance and specifically addresses two pillars of hepatic insulin resistance....
Asia, Middle East, North Africa: burden of NAFLD
Using Global Burden of Disease data, P. Golabi et al. (Inova Health System, USA) aimed to assess the incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years attributable to NAFLD-related liver complications in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. As stated by the authors in their conclusion, “NAFLD is poised to contribute to a substantial...
FIB-4 and NFS: which performance?
M. Castellana et al. (National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis," Research Hospital, Italy) conducted a meta-analysis to assess the performance of the FIB-4 and NFS scores, the 2 most common non-invasive tools, for the appropriate selection of subjects with AF for biopsy. A total of 18 studies evaluating 12,604 subjects were included...
NAFLD/NASH: clinical, economical, and patient related burdens
In this review, the authors focus on NAFLD / NASH and its clinical, economical, and patient related burdens.
Enhanced liver fibrosis test and recognition of liver fibrosis
This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients recruited from a large, community-based hospital system's outpatient liver clinic from 2001 to 202 in order to determine the performance of the enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) test as a non-invasive test for assessment of liver fibrosis among patients with NAFLD...
NASH Epidemic: a call to action
NAFLD and NASH are common conditions with a rising burden. As pointed out by F. Kanwal et al. (Baylor College of Medicine, and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston,USA), “yet there are significant management gaps between clinical guidelines and practice in patients with NAFLD and NASH. Further, there is no single...
NAFLD and acute stroke: factors associated at admission
This retrospective study by T. Mori et al. (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China) aimed to investigate NAFLD frequency and identify factors associated with NAFLD presence at acute stroke admission.
The authors included stroke patients admitted from 2016 to 2019, within 24 h of onset...
NAFLD unawareness in US adults
MAFLD is closely related to disturbances in systemic energy metabolism, including insulin resistance and atherogenic dyslipidaemia. This review by J. Heeren and L Scheja (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany) discusses recent research addressing lipoprotein metabolism in the context of MAFLD...