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Discover key patient awareness resources, encompassing the latest research and information on Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and the role of PPAR agonists.

Insights Into the Trends and Global Burden of Metabolic Diseases: What Does the Data Say?

Authors: Chew NWS, Ng CH, Tan DJH et al.
Published in Cell Metabolism (March 2023)
The growing global prevalence of metabolic diseases, e.g. hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hyperlipidaemia, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), accounts for a significant proportion of this burden.
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NIS2+™: an effective blood-based test for the detection of at-risk NASH in older adults?

Authors: Sanyal AJ, Magnanensi J, Majd Z et al.
Published in Hepatology Communications (September 2023)
At-risk non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is defined as NASH with NAFLD activity scores (NAS) ≥4 and significant fibrosis (F ≥ 2) diagnosed via histological scoring of liver biopsy.
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An exploration of MAFLD’s clinical utility

Authors: Ramírez-Mejía MM, Xingshun Q, Abenavoli L et al
Published in Annals of Hepatology (July 2023)
In 2020, a group of international experts proposed that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) be renamed to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).
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NAFLD: Global and Regional Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality Rates

Authors: Younossi ZM, Golabi P, Paik JM et al.
Published in Hepatology (April 2023)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major contributor to liver-related illnesses and fatalities worldwide. Its clearly established two-way connection with obesity, a significant public health issue showing increasing prevalence rates globally and regionally, necessitates comprehensive education focused on NAFLD and the implementation of worldwide policies to address it effectively.
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NAFLD and New-Onset Heart Failure: What is the Link?

Authors: Inciardi RM, Mantovani A and Targher G
Published in Current Heart Failure Reports (July 2023)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and congestive heart failure (HF) represent global public health concerns.
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Adipose tissue insulin resistance and fibrosis stage in NASH

Authors: Kalavalapalli S, Leiva EG, Lomonaco R et al.
Published in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (April 2023)
Understanding the drivers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is crucial to developing pharmacotherapies that effectively target it. Insulin resistance (IR), whose onset precipitates type 2 diabetes (T2D), is known to play a crucial role in the development of hepatic steatosis.
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Hepatic Macrophages in NAFLD: A Novel Therapeutic Target?

Authors: Vonderlin J, Chavakis T, Sieweke M et al.
Published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (March 2023)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a spectrum of pathologies ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis.
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MASLD: A New Fatty Liver Disease Nomenclature?

Authors: Rinella ME, Lazarus JV, Ratziu V et al.
Published in Journal of Hepatology (June 2023)
Disease awareness, patient stratification, diagnosis, and access to care are all helped or hindered by a pathology’s nomenclature. Indeed, the language used to name and identify a disease has the power to create or intensify social stigma, marginalise subsets of a patient population, and perpetuate health inequalities.
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Measuring NAFLD Models of Care: A New Strategic Framework?

Authors: Allen AM, Younossi ZM, Tsochatzis EA et al.
Published in Nature Reviews: Gastroenterology and Hepatology (June 2023)
Models of care (MoCs) establish comprehensive frameworks for the provision of healthcare services along a continuum of care.
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Adverse Muscle Composition in NAFLD: An Association with All-Cause Mortality?

Authors: Linge J, Nasr P, Sanyal AJ et al.
Published in JHEP Reports: Innovations in Hepatology (December 2022)
Recent research into liver disease indicates that muscle health is often compromised in its later stages.
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NAFLD, Race and Gender in Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients in the US: Detecting Disparities

Authors: Shaheen M, Schrode KM, Tedlos M et al.
Published in Frontiers in Physiology (February 2023)
According to transient elastography-derived data, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)’s prevalence in the United States (US) has increased from 18% in 1988-1991 to an estimated 25-50% in recent years.
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