ReviewEXCLI journal2025
Mechanisms underpinning the effect of exercise on the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: review.
Review in EXCLI journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of exercise interventions on metabolic and hepatic function markers in overweight or obese patients with MASLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Bioactives and exercise synergize to modulate AMPK and inflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Isocaloric-restricted traditional Jiangnan diet combined with physical exercise on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized controlled trial.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- Exercise as a Molecular Therapeutic Tool in MASLD: From Signaling Pathways to Clinical Translation-A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Decreased adipokine CTRP4 in CAD patients: CTRP4 attenuates atherosclerosis via inhibition of RAGE and TLR4.Clinical and translational medicine · 2026Article
- Targeting necroptosis: how does exercise protect against metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease?Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Independent effects of exercise intensity on hepatic fat reduction in adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Protective potential of bempedoic acid as an AMPK activator in tamoxifen-induced steatohepatitis in rats.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- Oxidative stress modulation in alcohol-related liver disease: From chinese botanical drugs to exercise-based interventions.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - whose terminology was recently replaced by metabolic liver disease (MAFLD) - is an accumulation of triglycerides in the liver of >5 % of its weight. Epidemiological studies indicated an association between NAFLD and reduced physical activity. In addition, exercise has been shown to improve NAFLD independently of weight loss. In this paper, we aim to systematically review molecular changes in sedentary experimental NAFLD models vs. those subjected to exercise. We utilized the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist and standard review techniques. Studies were considered for inclusion if they addressed the primary question: the mechanisms by which exercise influenced NAFLD. This review summarized experimental evidence of improvements in NAFLD with exercise in the absence of weight loss. The pathways involved appeared to have AMPK as a common denominator. See also the graphical abstract(Fig. 1).
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