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L-carnitine supplementation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Thiagarajan, P., Chalmers, J., Ban, L., Grindlay, D., & Aithal, G. P. (2020). L-carnitine supplementation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Meta-Analysis, 8(1), 4-14. https://doi.org/10.13105/wjma.v8.i1.4

BACKGROUND
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) dominates the landscape of modern hepatology. Affecting 25% of the general population, there is critical unmet need to identify broadly available, safe and cost-effective treatments. Cumulative ev... Read More about L-carnitine supplementation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury (2020)
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Bruno, C. D., Fremd, B., Church, R. J., Daly, A. K., Aithal, G. P., Bjornsson, E. S., Larrey, D., Watkins, P. B., & Chow, C. R. (2020). HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 20, 681–686. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-020-0159-0

Biomarkers that are able to identify patients at risk of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) after treatment with infliximab could be important in increasing the safety of infliximab use. We performed a genetic analysis to identify possible human leukoc... Read More about HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury.

The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India (2020)
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Vijay, A., Mohan, L., Taylor, M. A., Grove, J. I., Valdes, A. M., Aithal, G. P., & Shenoy, K. T. (2020). The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India. Nutrients, 12(2), Article 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020383

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Dietary record tools such as food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and food diaries (FD) are the most commonly used choices for assessing dietary intakes in most large-scale epidemiological studi... Read More about The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India.

Acute Hyperenergetic, High-Fat Feeding Increases Circulating FGF21, LECT2, and Fetuin-A in Healthy Men (2020)
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Willis, S. A., Sargeant, J. A., Yates, T., Takamura, T., Takayama, H., Gupta, V., Brittain, E., Crawford, J., Parry, S. A., Thackray, A. E., Varela-Mato, V., Stensel, D. J., Woods, R. M., Hulston, C. J., Aithal, G. P., & King, J. A. (2020). Acute Hyperenergetic, High-Fat Feeding Increases Circulating FGF21, LECT2, and Fetuin-A in Healthy Men. Journal of Nutrition, 150(5), 1076–1085. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz333

Background: Hepatokines such as fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 (LECT2), fetuin-A, fetuin-B and selenoprotein P (SeP) are liver-derived proteins which are modulated by chronic energy status and metabolic disea... Read More about Acute Hyperenergetic, High-Fat Feeding Increases Circulating FGF21, LECT2, and Fetuin-A in Healthy Men.

Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK (2019)
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Rice, P., Williams, R., Newsome, P., Aithal, G., Morling, J., Alexander, G. J., Moriarty, K., Allison, M., McKee, M., Armstrong, I., MacGilchrist, A., Aspinall, R., McCloud, A., Baker, A., Mathews, M., Batterham, R., Kelly, D., Brown, K., Jarvis, H., Burton, R., …Yeoman, A. (2020). Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK. Lancet, 395(10219), 226-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2819%2932908-3

This final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK stresses the continuing increase in burden of liver disease from excess alcohol consumption and obesity, with high levels of hospital admissions which are worsening in deprived a... Read More about Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK.

Lower gut microbiome diversity and higher abundance of proinflammatory genus Collinsella are associated with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (2019)
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Astbury, S., Atallah, E., Vijay, A., Aithal, G., Grove, J., & Valdes, A. (2020). Lower gut microbiome diversity and higher abundance of proinflammatory genus Collinsella are associated with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Gut Microbes, 11(3), 569-580. https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2019.1681861

There is increasing evidence for the role of gut microbial composition in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most serious form of NAFLD where inflammation causes liver damage tha... Read More about Lower gut microbiome diversity and higher abundance of proinflammatory genus Collinsella are associated with biopsy-proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Obesity is the most common risk factor for chronic liver disease: Results from risk stratification pathway using transient elastography (2019)
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Harris, R., Card, T. R., Delahooke, T., Aithal, G. P., & Guha, I. N. (2019). Obesity is the most common risk factor for chronic liver disease: Results from risk stratification pathway using transient elastography. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114(11), 1744-1752. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000357

Introduction
Obesity has been associated with liver fibrosis yet guidelines do not emphasise it as an independent risk factor in which to have a high index of suspicion of advanced disease. We aimed to elucidate the effect of a raised body mass inde... Read More about Obesity is the most common risk factor for chronic liver disease: Results from risk stratification pathway using transient elastography.

Transient elastography for screening of liver fibrosis: cost-effectiveness analysis from six prospective cohorts in Europe and Asia (2019)
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Serra-Burriel, M., Graupera, I., Torán, P., Thiele, M., Roulot, D., Wai-Sun Wong, V., Neil Guha, I., Fabrellas, N., Arslanow, A., Expósito, C., Hernández, R., Lai-Hung Wong, G., Harman, D., Darwish Murad, S., Krag, A., Pera, G., Angeli, P., Galle, P., Aithal, G., Caballeria, L., …Lammert, F. (2019). Transient elastography for screening of liver fibrosis: cost-effectiveness analysis from six prospective cohorts in Europe and Asia. Journal of Hepatology, 71(6), 1141-1151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2019.08.019

Background & Aims: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD) pose an important challenge to current clinical healthcare pathways due to a large number of at-risk patients. Therefore, we aimed to explore the cost-effec... Read More about Transient elastography for screening of liver fibrosis: cost-effectiveness analysis from six prospective cohorts in Europe and Asia.

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., Heissam, K., Cordon, S. M., Bligh, H. F. J., Spiller, R. C., Macdonald, I. A., Aithal, G. P., Gowland, P. A., Taylor, M. A., & 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., Holmes, M., Johnson, J., Morling, J., & 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., Chalasani, N., Fontana, R. J., Watkins, P. B., Navarro, V., Stolz, A., Daly, A. K., Aithal, G. P., & 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), Article e027244. 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., Xu, J., Niu, J., Liu, J., Watkins, P. B., Aithal, G. P., Andrade, R. J., Dou, X., Yao, L., Lv, F., Wang, Q., Li, Y., Zhou, X., Zhang, Y., Zong, P., …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., Cucchetti, A., Harman, D., Aithal, G., Elshaarawy, O., Waked, I., Stewart, S., & 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., Andrade, R. J., Bjornsson, E., Dillon, J. F., Hallberg, P., Lucena, M. I., Maitland-van der Zee, A. H., Martin, J. H., Molokhia, M., Pirmohamed, M., Wadelius, M., Shen, Y., Nelson, M. R., & 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., Fontana, R. J., Hallberg, P., Li, Y. J., Lucena, M. I., Long, N., Molokhia, M., Nelson, M. R., Odin, J. A., Pirmohamed, M., Rafnar, T., Serrano, J., Stefansson, K., Stolz, A., Daly, A. K., …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., Irving, W., Aithal, G., Guha, I., & 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.