Fibrosis: from mechanisms to medicines

NC Henderson, F Rieder, TA Wynn - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Fibrosis can affect any organ and is responsible for up to 45% of all deaths in the
industrialized world. It has long been thought to be relentlessly progressive and irreversible …

Liver fibrosis: mechanistic concepts and therapeutic perspectives

N Roehlen, E Crouchet, TF Baumert - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liver fibrosis due to viral or metabolic chronic liver diseases is a major challenge of global
health. Correlating with liver disease progression, fibrosis is a key factor for liver disease …

Liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from liver biopsy to non-invasive biomarkers in diagnosis and treatment

LJM Heyens, D Busschots, GH Koek, G Robaeys… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
An increasing percentage of people have or are at risk to develop non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD) worldwide. NAFLD comprises different stadia going from isolated steatosis …

Liver fibrosis: Direct antifibrotic agents and targeted therapies

D Schuppan, M Ashfaq-Khan, AT Yang, YO Kim - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Liver fibrosis and in particular cirrhosis are the major causes of morbidity and mortality of
patients with chronic liver disease. Their prevention or reversal have become major …

Determinants of fibrosis progression and regression in NASH

D Schuppan, R Surabattula, XY Wang - Journal of hepatology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cirrhosis has become the major liver-related clinical endpoint in non-alcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH). However, progression to cirrhosis is less predictable in NASH than …

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: emerging molecular targets and therapeutic strategies

G Musso, M Cassader, R Gambino - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease—the most common chronic liver disease—encompasses a
histological spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) …

Collagen biology and non‐invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis

MA Karsdal, SJ Daniels, S Holm Nielsen… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is an unmet need for high‐quality liquid biomarkers that can safely and reproducibly
predict the stage of fibrosis and the outcomes of chronic liver disease (CLD). The …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the cellular interactome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

SJ Wallace, F Tacke, RF Schwabe, NC Henderson - JHEP Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is reaching epidemic proportions, with a global
prevalence of 25% in the adult population. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can …

Novel insights into the function and dynamics of extracellular matrix in liver fibrosis

MA Karsdal, T Manon-Jensen… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Emerging evidence suggests that altered components and posttranslational modifications of
proteins in the extracellular matrix (ECM) may both initiate and drive disease progression …

[HTML][HTML] Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging predicts clinical outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease

M Pavlides, R Banerjee, J Sellwood, CJ Kelly… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Multiparametric magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been
demonstrated to quantify hepatic fibrosis, iron, and steatosis. The aim of this study was to …