ReviewTherapeutics and clinical risk management2023
Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 as a Potential Therapeutic Target of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
- Novel Endocrine Signaling Axis in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: Interactions and Therapeutic Potential of FGF21 and GDF15.Journal of cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Obesity: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Risk Stratification, and Therapeutic Approach.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Review
- [Liver-bone axis: novel mechanisms and strategies for MAFLD regulation].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026Review
- Extracellular RNAs in Liquid Biopsy: Applications in MASLD and MASH Diagnosis and Monitoring.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Safety and efficacy of efruxifermin in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: A systematic review.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025Article
- Liver immunology: Biological role and clinical significance.World journal of hepatology · 2025Review
- The potential role of adipokines and hepatokines in age-related ocular diseases.Metabolism open · 2025Review
- Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis, Serum FGF-21 and Autophagy Markers in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Construction and Expression of Fc-FGF21 by Different Expression Systems and Comparison of Their Similarity and Difference with Efruxifermin by In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Article
- A Novel GLP-1 and FGF21 Fusion Protein for the Treatment of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pegbelfermin in MASH-Associated Hepatic Fibrosis A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- Linking Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): The Role of Cardiometabolic Drugs in MASLD Treatment.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Comparative Efficacy of NAFLD Therapies and Biomarker Associations: A Meta-Analysis Based on Liver Fat Content.Gastro hep advances · 2025Review
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- Retinopathy in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- The value of promoter methylation of fibroblast factor 21 (FGF21) in predicting the course of chronic hepatitis B and the occurrence of oxidative stress.Virology journal · 2024Article
- Reversion of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by skeletal muscle-directed FGF21 gene therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024Article
- From adiposity to steatosis: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, a hepatic expression of metabolic syndrome - current insights and future directions.Clinical diabetes and endocrinology · 2024Review
- Animal studies on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and related polyagonists in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a highly prevalent disease without any approved treatment to-date despite intensive research efforts by researchers and pharmaceutical industry. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-21 has been gaining increasing attention as a possible contributing factor and thus therapeutic target for obesity-related metabolic disorders, including NAFLD, mainly due to its effects on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Most animal and human observational studies have shown higher FGF-21 concentrations in NAFLD than non-NAFLD, implying that FGF-21 may be increased to counteract hepatic steatosis and inflammation. However, although Mendelian Randomization studies have revealed that variations of FGF-21 levels within the physiological range may have effects in hyperlipidemia and possibly nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, they also indicate that FGF-21, in physiological concentrations, may fail to reverse NAFLD and may not be able to control obesity and other diseases, indicating a state of FGF-21 resistance or insensitivity that could not respond to administration of FGF-21 in supraphysiological concentrations. Interventional studies with FGF-21 analogs (eg, pegbelfermin, efruxifermin, BOS-580) in humans have provided some favorable results in Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies. However, the definite effect of FGF-21 on NAFLD may be clarified after the completion of the ongoing clinical trials with paired liver biopsies and histological endpoints. The aim of this review is to critically summarize experimental and clinical data of FGF-21 in NAFLD, in an attempt to highlight existing knowledge and areas of uncertainty, and subsequently, to focus on the potential therapeutic effects of FGF-21 and its analogs in NAFLD.
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