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Glycemic, Gastrointestinal, Hormonal and Appetitive Responses to Pearl Millet or Oats Porridge Breakfasts: a Randomized, Crossover Trial in Healthy Humans (2019)
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Alyami, J., Whitehouse, E., Yakubov, G. E., Pritchard, S. E., Hoad, C. L., Blackshaw, E., …Marciani, L. (2019). Glycemic, Gastrointestinal, Hormonal and Appetitive Responses to Pearl Millet or Oats Porridge Breakfasts: a Randomized, Crossover Trial in Healthy Humans. British Journal of Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519001880

Whole grain cereal breakfast consumption has been associated with beneficial effects on glucose and insulin metabolism as well as satiety. Pearl millet is a popular ancient grain variety that can be grown in hot, dry regions. However, little is known... Read More about Glycemic, Gastrointestinal, Hormonal and Appetitive Responses to Pearl Millet or Oats Porridge Breakfasts: a Randomized, Crossover Trial in Healthy Humans.

Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community (2019)
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Chalmers, J., Wilkes, E., Harris, R., Kent, L., Kinra, S., Aithal, G., …Guha, I. N. (2020). Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community. Frontline Gastroenterology, 11(2), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2019-101177

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective: To describe the development of the Nottingham liver disease stratification pathway, present a 12-month evaluation of uptake and stratification results... Read More about Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community.

Genetic Polymorphisms Implicated in Nonalcoholic Liver Disease or Selected Other Disorders Have No Influence on Drug‐Induced Liver Injury (2019)
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for the US DILIN Investigators, Bonkovsky, H. L., Severson, T., Nicoletti, P., Barnhart, H., Serrano, J., …Odin, J. (2019). Genetic Polymorphisms Implicated in Nonalcoholic Liver Disease or Selected Other Disorders Have No Influence on Drug‐Induced Liver Injury. Hepatology Communications, 3(8), 1032-1035. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1382

With the application of genetic testing to contemporary medical diagnostics and practice, it has become apparent that the phenotypes of many disorders are modulated by host genetic factors. The aim of the current study was to determine whether select... Read More about Genetic Polymorphisms Implicated in Nonalcoholic Liver Disease or Selected Other Disorders Have No Influence on Drug‐Induced Liver Injury.

Natural History of Histologically-proven Alcohol Related Liver Disease: A systematic review (2019)
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Parker, R., Aithal, G. P., Becker, U., Gleeson, D., Masson, S., Wyatt, J. I., & Rowe, I. A. (2019). Natural History of Histologically-proven Alcohol Related Liver Disease: A systematic review. Journal of Hepatology, 71(3), 586-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2019.05.020

Background: Studies into the natural history of alcohol related liver disease (ArLD) to date have lacked long-term follow-up, large numbers of participants, or both. We performed a systematic review to summarise studies that describe the natural hi... Read More about Natural History of Histologically-proven Alcohol Related Liver Disease: A systematic review.

Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism (2019)
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Aithal, G. P. (2019). Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism. Hepatology, 70(1), 8-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30798

There are scores of references to plants and herbs in William Shakespeare's plays; he was obviously very knowledgeable about their perceived effects. The secret to the highly potent love potion Oberon asks Puck to find, lies in the purple, yellow and... Read More about Of Potions, Poisons, Polygonum and Pre‐emptive Polymorphism.

Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort (2019)
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Chalmers, J., Ban, L., Leena, K., Edwards, K., Grove, J., Aithal, G., & Shenoy, K. (2019). Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort. BMJ Open, 9(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027244

Purpose The Trivandrum NAFLD cohort is a population-based study designed to examine the interaction between genetic and lifestyle factors and their association with increased risk of NAFLD within the Indian population. Participants Between 201... Read More about Cohort profile: The Trivandrum Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Cohort.

Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges (2019)
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Thiagarajan, P., & Aithal, G. P. (2019). Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 9(4), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2019.03.002

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the leading cause of chronic liver disease in industrialized economies. With no licensed treatment currently available, together with a growing prevalence that parallels global increases in obesity and... Read More about Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges.

Incidence and Etiology of Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Mainland China (2019)
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Shen, T., Liu, Y., Shang, J., Xie, Q., Li, J., Yan, M., …Chen, C. (2019). Incidence and Etiology of Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Mainland China. Gastroenterology, 156(8), 2230-2241.e11. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.02.002

Background & Aims: We performed a nationwide, retrospective study to determine the incidence and causes of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in mainland China. Methods: We collected data on a total of 25,927 confirmed DILI cases, hospitalized from... Read More about Incidence and Etiology of Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Mainland China.

Validation of a model for identification of patients with compensated cirrhosis at high risk of decompensation (2019)
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Guha, I., Harris, R., Berhane, S., Dillon, A., Coffey, L., James, M., …Johnson, P. (2019). Validation of a model for identification of patients with compensated cirrhosis at high risk of decompensation. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 17(11), 2330-2338.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2019.01.042

Background & Aims: It is important to rapidly identify patients with advanced liver disease. Routine tests to assess liver function and fibrosis provide data that can be used to determine patients’ prognoses. We tested the validated the ability of co... Read More about Validation of a model for identification of patients with compensated cirrhosis at high risk of decompensation.

Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles (2019)
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Nicoletti, P., Aithal, G. P., Chamberlain, T. C., Coulthard, S., Alshabeeb, M., Grove, J. I., …Daly, A. K. (2019). Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 106(1), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.1375

© 2019 The Authors Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics © 2019 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Some patients prescribed flucloxacillin (~0.01%) develop drug-induced liver injury (DILI). HLA-B*57:01 is an established gene... Read More about Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles.

A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury (2019)
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Cirulli, E. T., Nicoletti, P., Abramson, K., Andrade, R. J., Bjornsson, E. S., Chalasani, N., …Watkins, P. B. (2019). A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury. Gastroenterology,

Background & Aims: We performed genetic analyses of a multiethnic cohort of patients with idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) to identify variants associated with susceptibility. Methods: We performed a genome-wide association study of... Read More about A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury.

Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients (2018)
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Bradley, C., Scott, R., Cox, E., Palaniyappan, N., Thompson, B., Ryder, D., …Francis, S. (2019). Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients. European Radiology, 29(6), 3100–3107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5788-1

Methods: We applied multiparametric MRI to assess changes in liver composition, perfusion and blood flow in 17 patients before DAA therapy and after treatment completion (within 12 weeks of last DAA tablet swallowed). Results: We observed changes in... Read More about Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients.

Association of Pretransplant Renal Function With Liver Graft and Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (2018)
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Molnar, M. Z., Joglekar, K., Jiang, Y., Cholankeril, G., Abdul, M. K. M., Kedia, S., …Satapathy, S. K. (2019). Association of Pretransplant Renal Function With Liver Graft and Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Liver Transplantation, 25(3), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.25367

Background: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis(NASH) is one of the top three indications for liver transplantation in western countries. It is unknown whether renal dysfunction at the time of liver transplantation has any effect on post-liver transplantati... Read More about Association of Pretransplant Renal Function With Liver Graft and Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.

Identification of Cystic Lesions by Secondary Screening of Familial Pancreatic Cancer (FPC) Kindreds Is Not Associated with the Stratified Risk of Cancer (2018)
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Sheel, A. R. G., Harrison, S., Sarantitis, I., Nicholson, J. A., Hanna, T., Grocock, C., …Greenhalf, W. (2019). Identification of Cystic Lesions by Secondary Screening of Familial Pancreatic Cancer (FPC) Kindreds Is Not Associated with the Stratified Risk of Cancer. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114(1), 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41395-018-0395-y

Objectives: Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMNs) are associated with risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). It is unclear if an IPMN in individuals at high risk of PDAC should be considered as a positive screening result or as... Read More about Identification of Cystic Lesions by Secondary Screening of Familial Pancreatic Cancer (FPC) Kindreds Is Not Associated with the Stratified Risk of Cancer.

MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis (2018)
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Cox, E. F., Palaniyappan, N., Aithal, G. P., Guha, I. N., & Francis, S. T. (2018). MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis. European Radiology Experimental, 2, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0056-3

Background: To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to dynamically assess postprandial changes in hepatic and collateral blood flow, liver perfusion and oxygenation in healthy participants and patients with liver disease with compensated cirrhosis (C... Read More about MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis.

Using MRI to study the alterations in liver blood flow, perfusion and oxygenation in response to physiological stress challenges: meal, hyperoxia and hypercapnia (2018)
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Cox, E. F., Palaniyappan, N., Aithal, G. P., Guha, I. N., & Francis, S. T. (in press). Using MRI to study the alterations in liver blood flow, perfusion and oxygenation in response to physiological stress challenges: meal, hyperoxia and hypercapnia. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ISSN 1053-1807

Background: Non-invasive assessment of dynamic changes in liver blood flow, perfusion and oxygenation using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may allow detection of subtle haemodynamic alterations in cirrhosis. Purpose: To assess the feasibility of... Read More about Using MRI to study the alterations in liver blood flow, perfusion and oxygenation in response to physiological stress challenges: meal, hyperoxia and hypercapnia.

The effect of exercise training on intrahepatic triglyceride and hepatic insulin sensitivity: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Sargeant, J. A., Gray, L. J., Bodicoat, D. H., Willis, S. A., Stensel, D. J., Nimmo, M. A., …King, J. A. (2018). The effect of exercise training on intrahepatic triglyceride and hepatic insulin sensitivity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12719

This systematic review and meta-analysis determined the impact of structured exercise training, and the influence of associated weight loss, on intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) in individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It also ex... Read More about The effect of exercise training on intrahepatic triglyceride and hepatic insulin sensitivity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ADAPT: an algorithm incorporating PRO-C3 accurately identifies patients with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis (2018)
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Daniels, S. J., Leeming, D. J., Eslam, M., Hashem, A. M., Nielsen, M. J., Krag, A., …George, J. (2019). ADAPT: an algorithm incorporating PRO-C3 accurately identifies patients with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis. Hepatology, 69(3), 1075-1086. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30163

Given the high global prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the need for relevant noninvasive biomarkers and algorithms to accurately stage disease severity is a critical unmet medical need. Identifying those with advanced fibrosis... Read More about ADAPT: an algorithm incorporating PRO-C3 accurately identifies patients with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis.

Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (2018)
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Bradley, C. R., Cox, E. F., Scott, R. A., James, M. W., Kaye, P., Aithal, G. P., …Guha, I. N. (2018). Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Hepatology, 69(5), 1015-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.037

© 2018 European Association for the Study of the Liver Background & Aims: Advancing liver disease results in deleterious changes in a number of critical organs. The ability to measure structure, blood flow and tissue perfusion within multiple organs... Read More about Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.