NASH Observatory

F. Savari et al. studied the effect of fructose, fat-rich and Western diet feeding along with aggravative effect of cigarette smoking on liver status in 64 male mice. The mice were assigned into 4 groups that fed standard...

The burden of liver-related morbidity remains high among HIV-infected patients, with a prevalence of up to 50%. The pathogenesis of NAFLD and the reasons for progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are still...

M Alexander et al. used healthcare records of 18 million adults to estimate the risk of acquiring advanced liver disease diagnoses in patients with NAFLD or NASH compared to individually matched controls. Data were extracted...

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) are highly specialized endothelial cells localized at the interface between the blood derived from the gut and the adipose tissue on the one side, and other liver cells on the other side...

In this review, the authors discuss the mechanisms of LXR in NASH and summarize the natural products reported to modulate NAFLD via LXR or the LXR pathway, offering an alternative approach for LXR-related drug development...

This proof of concept study was designed to assess if vitamin E, alone or combined with pioglitazone, improves histology in patients with T2DM and NASH. It showed no effect of vitamin E on ballooning or inflammation, although some effect...

In this review, the author describes current knowledge of the role of PPARs in the regulation of whole-body energy metabolism and several examples of food factors that act as ligands of PPARs, which may be useful in the management of obesity...

The editorial accompanying a special issue of nutrition in NAFLD, highlights the relevance of the topic and open issues for future studies...

The molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of NAFLD are complex and multi- factorial. Intrahepatic but also extrahepatic mechanisms play an important role. In the future, pharmacological innovations may be available for patients with fibrotic-NASH. An increasing number of pre-clinical and clinical studies are in progress targeting...

Elisabetta Bugianesi et al. undertook this study to elucidate the interplay between macrophage activation, insulin resistance in target organs and tissues and hepatic damage.In 40 non-diabetic patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD...