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ArticleMetabolism and target organ damage2025

Will a "multivitamin" a day keep the "MASLD doctor" away?

Fernando Bril

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Article in Metabolism and target organ damage, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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Fernando BrilDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5570-4396

Funding

University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Stuart J Frank · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary discusses the results of a study that assessed the relationship between homocysteine metabolism and histological severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and applied a mathematical model to examine how replacement with different cofactors (pyridoxine, cobalamin, betaine, and folate) may affect homocysteine levels in patients with MASLD. It highlights the clinical implications of the study and examines the pathophysiological support behind the detected associations. It also discusses its limitations, emphasizing the need for further longitudinal and interventional studies to confirm whether modulating homocysteine levels could be a viable therapeutic strategy for MASLD.

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cofactorsMASHMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseone-carbon metabolismsteatohepatitis

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PMID41180856
PMCPMC12574233

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