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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2025

Targeted therapeutic strategies as alternative and sustainable treatment options for obesity-induced steatohepatitis.

Thendo I Mabuda, Nicole R S Sibuyi, Adewale O Fadaka, Mervin Meyer, Abram M Madiehe, Kwazikwakhe B Gabuza

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Nano-Enhanced Diets: Advancing Metabolic Dysfunction-Related Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) - A Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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Thendo I MabudaNanobiotechnology group, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa.
Nicole R S SibuyiDepartment of Science, Technology and Innovation/Technology Innovation Agency Nanotechnology Platform, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa. nsibuyi@uwc.ac.za.
Adewale O FadakaDepartment of Science, Technology and Innovation/Technology Innovation Agency Nanotechnology Platform, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa.
Mervin MeyerDepartment of Science, Technology and Innovation/Technology Innovation Agency Nanotechnology Platform, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa.
Abram M MadieheNanobiotechnology group, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa. amadiehe@uwc.ac.za.
Kwazikwakhe B GabuzaDepartment of Science, Technology and Innovation/Technology Innovation Agency Nanotechnology Platform, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa. Gabuza@mrc.ac.za.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and its progression to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), is triggered and aggravated by obesity and related metabolic diseases. Hence, therapeutic strategies for obesity and diabetes are employed in the clinical management of MASLD and MASH. However, most of the antiobesity and antidiabetic drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to a lack of sustainable drug effects and undesirable side effects. Prior to the approval of resmetirom by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2024, there were no specific treatments for MASLD and MASH. Therefore, this stresses the importance of developing improved and effective disease-specific treatment strategies to combat MASLD and MASH. MASLD and MASH are characterized by hepatocyte damage, chronic low-grade systemic inflammation, and abnormalities in lipid metabolism. Inflammation and oxidative stress are key mediators of high-fat diet-induced steatohepatitis and obesity. Identifying biomarkers involved in these processes could aid in the development of targeted treatment for MASLD and MASH. In this review, targeted treatment strategies for obesity are discussed in relation to the possibility of the same being used in obesity-related steatotic liver diseases (SLDs).

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Anti-Obesity AgentsFatty LiverNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityAnimalsHumansAnti-Obesity AgentsMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitisMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseMetabolic syndromeObesityTargeted therapy

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