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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2025

At the Crossroads of Health and Disease: Consequences of Fat in the Liver.

Matthew Dukewich, Liyun Yuan, Norah A Terrault

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew DukewichDivision of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; email: Terrault@usc.edu.
Liyun YuanDivision of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; email: Terrault@usc.edu.
Norah A TerraultDivision of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; email: Terrault@usc.edu.

Funding

Translational Research Training in HepatologyT32DK127977 · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2025 to 2025
$411k
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK127977
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver plays a central role in regulating lipid and glucose metabolism, particularly in transitioning between energy storage and provision in fed and fasting states. Loss of metabolic flexibility, characterized by the impaired capacity to shift between different energy substrates, sets the stage for accumulation of hepatic triglyceride as lipid droplets and further metabolic perturbations. Cross talk between the liver and other organs, including adipose tissue, pancreas, and muscle, is relevant in this transition. In addition to the metabolic consequences of steatosis, there are significant liver risks related to triggered inflammatory and fibrotic processes. Steatotic liver diseases affect an estimated one in three adults globally and contribute to substantial morbidity and mortality. This review focuses on the liver's role in lipid metabolism, defining metabolic health and unhealth, the pathogenic underpinnings that lead to steatohepatitis and hepatic fibrosis, and the clinical features and therapies for the most common forms of steatotic liver diseases.

Indexed as

Fatty LiverLipid MetabolismLiverAdipose TissueAnimalsHumansLiver Cirrhosisalcohol-associated liver diseaseALDlipogenesislipotoxicityMASLDmetabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver diseasemetabolic health

Identifiers

PMID39928502
PMCPMC12758496

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