Circulating MicroRNA‐122 and Fibrosis Stage Predict Mortality of Japanese Patients With Histopathologically Confirmed NAFLD

Norio Akuta, Yusuke Kawamura, Yasuji Arase, Satoshi Saitoh, Shunichiro Fujiyama, Hitomi Sezaki, Tetsuya Hosaka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Mariko Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Fumitaka Suzuki, Kenji Ikeda, Hiromitsu Kumada – 5 November 2019 – The impact of circulating microRNA‐122 (miR‐122) on mortality in patients with histopathologically confirmed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains unclear. We analyzed the overall survival rates in 441 Japanese patients with histopathologically confirmed NAFLD after a median follow‐up period of 4.7 years.

Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Elastography Improves the Detection of NASH Regression Following Bariatric Surgery

Alina M. Allen, Vijay H. Shah, Terry M. Therneau, Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, Taofic Mounajjed, Joseph J. Larson, Kristin C. Mara, Todd A. Kellogg, Michael L. Kendrick, Travis J. McKenzie, Suzanne M. Greiner, Jiahui Li, Kevin J. Glaser, Michael L. Wells, Timothy J. Gunneson, Richard L. Ehman, Meng Yin – 5 November 2019 – Disease monitoring in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is limited by absence of noninvasive biomarkers of disease regression or progression.

A Pilot Genome‐Wide Analysis Study Identifies Loci Associated With Response to Obeticholic Acid in Patients With NASH

Samer Gawrieh, Xiuqing Guo, Jingyi Tan, Marie Lauzon, Kent D. Taylor, Rohit Loomba, Oscar W. Cummings, Sreekumar Pillai, Pallav Bhatnagar, Kris V. Kowdley, Katherine Yates, Laura A. Wilson, Yii‐Der Ida Chen, Jerome I. Rotter, Naga Chalasani, NASH Clinical Research Network – 3 November 2019 – A significantly higher proportion of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who received obeticholic acid (OCA) had histological improvement relative to placebo in the FLINT (farnesoid X nuclear receptor ligand obeticholic acid for noncirrhotic, NASH treatment) trial.

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