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ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2016

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Potential Role of Ezetimibe.

Tracey G Simon, Kathleen E Corey, Raymond T Chung, Robert Giugliano

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Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tracey G SimonLiver Center, Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Kathleen E CoreyLiver Center, Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Raymond T ChungLiver Center, Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Robert GiuglianoHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. rgiugliano@partners.org.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Patient-Oriented Research on Hepatitis in Special PopulationsK24DK078772 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHUNG, RAYMOND T · 2007 to 2016
$1.6M
The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseK23DK099422 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COREY, KATHLEEN ELIZABETH · 2013 to 2017
$938k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK099422NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK078772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is widely considered to be the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and is closely linked to dyslipidemia, obesity, and insulin resistance. Patients with NAFLD have increased mortality when compared to the general population, primarily related to cardiovascular disease or malignancy. The biologic mechanisms that link NAFLD to cardiovascular disease include expansion of visceral adipose tissue, atherogenic dyslipidemia, impaired insulin signaling, systemic inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction. Currently, there are no approved therapies for NAFLD. It has recently been hypothesized that reducing the delivery of dietary cholesterol using the hypolipidemic agent, ezetimibe, could benefit patients with NAFLD. By potently inhibiting the Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1) sterol receptor on intestinal enterocytes and within the liver, ezetimibe blocks exogenous cholesterol absorption and has been shown to improve biochemical markers of NAFLD, improve insulin sensitivity and decrease hepatic steatosis. This review summarizes the clinical and epidemiological evidence for the relationship between NAFLD and cardiovascular risk and examines the potential therapeutic role of ezetimibe.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceAnticholesteremic AgentsAtherosclerosisCardiovascular DiseasesDyslipidemiasEndothelium, VascularEzetimibeHumansInflammationIntra-Abdominal FatLiverMetabolic SyndromeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityObesity, AbdominalRisk Reduction BehaviorAnticholesteremic AgentsEzetimibeAcute coronary syndromesCardiovascular riskCholesterolNonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Identifiers

PMID27714510
OpenAlexW2529298923

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