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Professor GURUPRASAD AITHAL's Outputs (59)

Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury: A 10-year real-world retrospective cohort study (2023)
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Atallah, E., Welsh, S. J., O'Carrigan, B., Oshaughnessy, A., Dolapo, I., Kerr, A. S., Kucharczak, J., Lee, C., Crooks, C., Hicks, A., Chimakurthi, C. R., Rao, A., Franks, H., Patel, P. M., & Aithal, G. P. (2023). Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury: A 10-year real-world retrospective cohort study. JHEP Reports, 5(10), Article 100851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100851

Background & Aims: Checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) account for increasing numbers of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) cases. We aimed to determine the incidence rate and risk factors associated with checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury (ChILI). Meth... Read More about Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury: A 10-year real-world retrospective cohort study.

Application and Extension of the Alcohol Recovery Narratives Conceptual Framework (2023)
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Subhani, M., Talat, U., Knight, H., Morling, J. R., Jones, K. A., Aithal, G. P., Ryder, S. D., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (2023). Application and Extension of the Alcohol Recovery Narratives Conceptual Framework. Qualitative Health Research, 33(13), 1203-1217. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231197384

Recovery narratives are personal stories of health problems and recovery. A systematic review proposed a conceptual framework characterising alcohol misuse recovery narratives, consisting of eight principal dimensions, each with types and subtypes. T... Read More about Application and Extension of the Alcohol Recovery Narratives Conceptual Framework.

Biomarkers of Type IV Collagen Turnover Reflect Disease Activity in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL) (2023)
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Lønsmann, I., Grove, J. I., Haider, A., Kaye, P., Karsdal, M. A., Leeming, D. J., & Aithal, G. P. (2023). Biomarkers of Type IV Collagen Turnover Reflect Disease Activity in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL). Biology, 12(8), Article 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12081087

Background: Identification of progressive liver disease necessitates the finding of novel non-invasive methods to identify and monitor patients in need of early intervention. Investigating patients with early-liver injury may help identify unique bio... Read More about Biomarkers of Type IV Collagen Turnover Reflect Disease Activity in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL).

Patients with Naproxen-Induced Liver Injury Display T-cell Memory Responses Towards an Oxidative (S)-O-Desmethyl Naproxen Metabolite but not the Acyl Glucuronide (2023)
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Thomson, P., Fragkas, N., Kafu, L., Aithal, G., Lucena, M., Terracciano, L., Meng, X., Pirmohamed, M., Brees, D., Kullak-Ublick, G., Odermatt, A., Hammond, T., Kammuller, M., & Naisbitt, D. (2024). Patients with Naproxen-Induced Liver Injury Display T-cell Memory Responses Towards an Oxidative (S)-O-Desmethyl Naproxen Metabolite but not the Acyl Glucuronide. Allergy, 79(1), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15830

Background: Exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (IBU) and naproxen (NAP) is associated with idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Carboxylate bioactivation into reactive metabolites (e.g. acyl glucur... Read More about Patients with Naproxen-Induced Liver Injury Display T-cell Memory Responses Towards an Oxidative (S)-O-Desmethyl Naproxen Metabolite but not the Acyl Glucuronide.

Associations of objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and cardiorespiratory fitness with adipose tissue insulin resistance and ectopic fat (2023)
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Malaikah, S., Willis, S. A., Henson, J., Sargeant, J. A., Yates, T., Thackray, A. E., Goltz, F. R., Roberts, M. J., Bodicoat, D. H., Aithal, G. P., Stensel, D. J., & King, J. A. (2023). Associations of objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and cardiorespiratory fitness with adipose tissue insulin resistance and ectopic fat. International Journal of Obesity, 47(10), 1000–1007. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-023-01350-0

Background/objectives: Inadequate movement, excess adiposity, and insulin resistance augment cardiometabolic risk. This study examined the associations of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), sedentary time an... Read More about Associations of objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and cardiorespiratory fitness with adipose tissue insulin resistance and ectopic fat.

Performance of non-invasive tests and histology for the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis (2023)
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Mózes, F. E., Lee, J. A., Vali, Y., Alzoubi, O., Staufer, K., Trauner, M., Paternostro, R., Stauber, R. E., Holleboom, A. G., van Dijk, A.-M., Mak, A. L., Boursier, J., de Saint Loup, M., Shima, T., Bugianesi, E., Gaia, S., Armandi, A., Shalimar, Lupșor-Platon, M., Wong, V. W.-S., …Hytiroglou, P. (2023). Performance of non-invasive tests and histology for the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 8(8), 704-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2823%2900141-3

Background
Histologically assessed liver fibrosis stage has prognostic significance in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and is accepted as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials for non-cirrhotic NAFLD. Our aim was to compare... Read More about Performance of non-invasive tests and histology for the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Asia–Pacific association for study of liver guidelines on management of ascites in liver disease (2023)
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Singh, V., De, A., Mehtani, R., Angeli, P., Maiwall, R., Satapathy, S., Singal, A. K., Saraya, A., Sharma, B. C., Eapen, C. E., Rao, P. N., Shukla, A., Shalimar, Choudhary, N. S., Alcantara-Payawal, D., Arora, V., Aithal, G., Kulkarni, A., Roy, A., Shrestha, A., …Sarin, S. K. (2023). Asia–Pacific association for study of liver guidelines on management of ascites in liver disease. Hepatology International, 17(4), 792-826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-023-10536-7

The development of ascites is a landmark event in the natural history of cirrhosis. This guidance statement by the Asia–Pacific Association for Study of Liver (APASL) provides an evidence-based approach to managing ascites and its complications in pa... Read More about Asia–Pacific association for study of liver guidelines on management of ascites in liver disease.

Nomenclature, diagnosis and management of drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis (DI-ALH): An expert opinion meeting report (2023)
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Andrade, R. J., Aithal, G. P., de Boer, Y. S., Liberal, R., Gerbes, A., Regev, A., Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, B., Schramm, C., Kleiner, D. E., De Martin, E., Kullak-Ublick, G. A., Stirnimann, G., Devarbhavi, H., Vierling, J. M., Manns, M. P., Sebode, M., Londoño, M. C., Avigan, M., Robles-Diaz, M., García-Cortes, M., …Björnsson, E. S. (2023). Nomenclature, diagnosis and management of drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis (DI-ALH): An expert opinion meeting report. Journal of Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2023.04.033

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) can mimic almost all other liver disorders. A phenotype increasingly ascribed to drugs is autoimmune-like hepatitis (ALH). This article summarises the major topics discussed at a joint International Conference held be... Read More about Nomenclature, diagnosis and management of drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis (DI-ALH): An expert opinion meeting report.

Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Multi-center UK Study (2023)
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Papatheodoridi, M., Pallini, G., Aithal, G., Lim, H. K., Cobbold, J., Plaz Torres, M. C., Misas, M. G., Ryan, J., Tomlinson, J., Allison, M., Longworth, L., & Tsochatzis, E. A. (2023). Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Multi-center UK Study. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(12), 3107-3114.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2023.04.018

Background & Aims: It is unclear whether health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is impaired in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) without advanced fibrosis and how this compares with the general population. We aimed to assess HRQo... Read More about Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Multi-center UK Study.

Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2023)
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Grove, J. I., Lo, P. C., Shrine, N., Barwell, J., Wain, L. V., Tobin, M. D., Salter, A. M., Borkar, A. N., Cuevas-Ocaña, S., Bennett, N., John, C., Ntalla, I., Jones, G. E., Neal, C. P., Thomas, M. G., Kuht, H., Gupta, P., Vemala, V. M., Grant, A., Adewoye, A. B., …Aithal, G. P. (2023). Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. JHEP Reports, 5(8), Article 100764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100764

Background & Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a complex trait with an estimated prevalence of 25% globally. We aimed to identify the genetic variant underlying a four-generation family with progressive NAFLD leading to cirrhosis, de... Read More about Identification and characterisation of a rare MTTP variant underlying hereditary non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Classifying the unclassifiable—a Delphi study to reach consensus on the fibrotic nature of diseases (2023)
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Massen, G. M., Allen, R. J., Leavy, O. C., Selby, N. M., Aithal, G. P., Oliver, N., Parfrey, H., Wain, L. V., Jenkins, G., Stewart, I., & Quint, J. K. (2023). Classifying the unclassifiable—a Delphi study to reach consensus on the fibrotic nature of diseases. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 116(6), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcad050

BACKGROUND: Traditionally, clinical research has focused on individual fibrotic diseases or fibrosis in a particular organ. However, it is possible for people to have multiple fibrotic diseases. While multi-organ fibrosis may suggest shared pathogeni... Read More about Classifying the unclassifiable—a Delphi study to reach consensus on the fibrotic nature of diseases.

Machine learning algorithm improves the detection of NASH (NAS-based) and at-risk NASH: A development and validation study (2023)
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Lee, J., Westphal, M., Vali, Y., Boursier, J., Ostroff, R., Alexander, L., Chen, Y., Fournier, C., Geier, A., Francque, S., Wonders, K., Tiniakos, D., Bedossa, P., Allison, M., Papatheodoridis, G., Cortez-Pinto, H., Pais, R., Dufour, J.-F., Leeming, D. J., Harrison, S., …LITMUS investigators, L. I. (2023). Machine learning algorithm improves the detection of NASH (NAS-based) and at-risk NASH: A development and validation study. Hepatology, 78(1), 258-271. https://doi.org/10.1097/HEP.0000000000000364

Background and Aims: Detecting NASH remains challenging, while at-risk NASH (steatohepatitis and F≥ 2) tends to progress and is of interest for drug development and clinical application. We developed prediction models by supervised machine learning t... Read More about Machine learning algorithm improves the detection of NASH (NAS-based) and at-risk NASH: A development and validation study.

Biomarkers for staging fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (the LITMUS project): a comparative diagnostic accuracy study (2023)
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Vali, Y., Lee, J., Boursier, J., Petta, S., Wonders, K., Tiniakos, D., Bedossa, P., Geier, A., Francque, S., Allison, M., Papatheodoridis, G., Cortez-Pinto, H., Pais, R., Dufour, J. F., Leeming, D. J., Harrison, S. A., Chen, Y., Cobbold, J. F., Pavlides, M., Holleboom, A. G., …Bossuyt, P. M. (2023). Biomarkers for staging fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (the LITMUS project): a comparative diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 8(8), 714-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2823%2900017-1

Background: The reference standard for detecting non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and staging fibrosis—liver biopsy—is invasive and resource intensive. Non-invasive biomarkers are urgently needed, but few studies have compared these biomarkers in... Read More about Biomarkers for staging fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (the LITMUS project): a comparative diagnostic accuracy study.

Noninvasive assessment of liver disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (2023)
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Pennisi, G., Enea, M., Falco, V., Aithal, G. P., Palaniyappan, N., Yilmaz, Y., Boursier, J., Cassinotto, C., de Lédinghen, V., Chan, W. K., Mahadeva, S., Eddowes, P., Newsome, P., Karlas, T., Wiegand, J., Wong, V. W.-S., Schattenberg, J. M., Labenz, C., Kim, W., Lee, M. S., …Petta, S. (2023). Noninvasive assessment of liver disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes. Hepatology, 78(1), 195-211. https://doi.org/10.1097/HEP.0000000000000351

Background and Aims: We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of simple, noninvasive tests (NITs) in NAFLD patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods and Results: This was an individual patient data meta-analysis of 1780 patients with biopsy-proven NAF... Read More about Noninvasive assessment of liver disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes.

Tandem mass tag-based quantitative proteomic profiling identifies candidate serum biomarkers of drug-induced liver injury in humans (2023)
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Ravindra, K. C., Vaidya, V. S., Wang, Z., Federspiel, J. D., Virgen-Slane, R., Everley, R. A., Grove, J. I., Stephens, C., Ocana, M. F., Robles-Díaz, M., Isabel Lucena, M., Andrade, R. J., Atallah, E., Gerbes, A. L., Weber, S., Cortez-Pinto, H., Fowell, A. J., Hussaini, H., Bjornsson, E. S., Patel, J., …Ramaiah, S. K. (2023). Tandem mass tag-based quantitative proteomic profiling identifies candidate serum biomarkers of drug-induced liver injury in humans. Nature Communications, 14, Article 1215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36858-6

Diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and its distinction from other liver diseases are significant challenges in drug development and clinical practice. Here, we identify, confirm, and replicate the biomarker performance characteristics of c... Read More about Tandem mass tag-based quantitative proteomic profiling identifies candidate serum biomarkers of drug-induced liver injury in humans.

Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
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Mehta, O., Vijay, A., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, T., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Walsh, D. A., Aithal, G., & Valdes, A. M. (2023). Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.02.023

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common arthritis affecting synovial joints such as knees and hips of millions of people globally. Usage-related joint pain and reduced function are the most common symptoms experienced by people with OA. To improve pai... Read More about Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study.

Textbook Outcome After Trans-arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2023)
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Mosconi, C., O'Rourke, J., Kloeckner, R., Sturm, L., Golfieri, R., Celsa, C., Fateen, W., Odisio, B. C., Garanzini, E. M., Peck-Radosavljevic, M., Borghi, A., Ma, Y. T., Stoehr, F., Bettinger, D., Giuffrida, P., Aithal, G. P., Lin, Y.-M., Spreafico, C., Giampalma, E., Johnson, P., & Cucchetti, A. (2023). Textbook Outcome After Trans-arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 46, 449-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03375-4

Purpose
Textbook Outcome (TO) is inclusive of quality indicators and it not been provided for trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials and Methods
Data on treatment-naïve HCC patients receiving TACE... Read More about Textbook Outcome After Trans-arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.