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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2024

Low sphingolipid levels predict poor survival in patients with alcohol-related liver disease.

Thit Mynster Kronborg, Qian Gao, Kajetan Trošt, Henriette Ytting, Malene Barfod O'Connell, Mikkel Parsberg Werge, Mira Thing, Lise Lotte Gluud, Ole Hamberg, Søren Møller and 3 more

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Non-invasive tests for MetALD and alcohol-related liver disease.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Thit Mynster KronborgGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Qian GaoNovo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kajetan TroštNovo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henriette YttingGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Malene Barfod O'ConnellGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Mikkel Parsberg WergeGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Mira ThingGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Lise Lotte GluudGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Ole HambergMedical Department, University Hospital of Zealand, Koege, Denmark.
Søren MøllerDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thomas MoritzNovo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Flemming BendtsenGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Nina KimerGastro Unit, Medical Division, University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background & Aims: Alcohol-related hepatitis (AH) and alcohol-related cirrhosis are grave conditions with poor prognoses. Altered hepatic lipid metabolism can impact disease development and varies between different alcohol-related liver diseases. Therefore, we aimed to investigate lipidomics and metabolomics at various stages of alcohol-related liver diseases and their correlation with survival. Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed alcohol-related cirrhosis, who currently used alcohol (ALC-A), stable outpatients with decompensated alcohol-related cirrhosis with at least 8 weeks of alcohol abstinence (ALC), and patients with AH, were compared with each other and with healthy controls (HC). Circulating lipids and metabolites were analysed using HPLC and mass spectrometry. Results: Forty patients with ALC, 95 with ALC-A, 30 with AH, and 42 HC provided plasma. Lipid levels changed according to disease severity, with generally lower levels in AH and cirrhosis than in the HC group; this was most pronounced for AH, followed by ALC-A. Nine out of 10 free fatty acids differed between cirrhosis groups by relative increases of 0.12-0.66 in ALC compared with the ALC-A group ( Conclusions: Alcohol-related severe liver disease is characterised by low lipid levels progressing with severity of liver disease, especially low sphingomyelins, which also associate to poor prognoses. Impact and implications: Lipidomics has the potential to diagnose and risk stratify patients with liver diseases. Lipidomics differed between patients with alcohol-related hepatitis and alcohol-related cirrhosis with and without recent alcohol use. Furthermore, lipidomics could predict short-term mortality and might be suitable as a prognostic tool in the future. Clinical Trials Registration: Scientific Ethics Committee of the Capital Region of Denmark, journal no. H-21013476.

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Alcohol-related cirrhosisAlcohol-related hepatitisFree fatty acidsLipidomicsTriglycerides

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PMID38283758
PMCPMC10820332

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