Novel therapeutic targets for cholestatic and fatty liver disease

M Trauner, CD Fuchs - Gut, 2022‏ - gut.bmj.com
Cholestatic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) share several key
pathophysiological mechanisms which can be targeted by novel therapeutic concepts that …

Role of lysophosphatidic acid and its receptors in health and disease: novel therapeutic strategies

LHM Geraldo, TCLS Spohr, RF Amaral… - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is an abundant bioactive phospholipid, with multiple functions
both in development and in pathological conditions. Here, we review the literature about the …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: The diagnosis and management of patients with primary biliary cholangitis

GM Hirschfield, U Beuers, C Corpechot, P Invernizzi… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune cholestatic liver
disease, which when untreated will culminate in end-stage biliary cirrhosis. Diagnosis is …

A placebo-controlled trial of obeticholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis

F Nevens, P Andreone, G Mazzella… - … England Journal of …, 2016‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly called primary biliary cirrhosis) can
progress to cirrhosis and death despite ursodiol therapy. Alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin …

Ursodeoxycholic acid versus placebo in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (PITCHES): a randomised controlled trial

LC Chappell, JL Bell, A Smith, L Linsell, E Juszczak… - The Lancet, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Background Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, characterised by maternal pruritus and
increased serum bile acid concentrations, is associated with increased rates of stillbirth …

Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing

D Usoskin, A Furlan, S Islam, H Abdo… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
The primary sensory system requires the integrated function of multiple cell types, although
its full complexity remains unclear. We used comprehensive transcriptome analysis of 622 …

Peripheral and central mechanisms of itch

X Dong, X Dong - Neuron, 2018‏ - cell.com
Itch is a unique sensory experience that is encoded by genetically distinguishable neurons
both in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS) to elicit a …

Itch: from mechanism to (novel) therapeutic approaches

G Yosipovitch, JD Rosen, T Hashimoto - Journal of allergy and clinical …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Itch is a common sensory experience that is prevalent in patients with inflammatory skin
diseases, as well as in those with systemic and neuropathic conditions. In patients with …

Mechanisms of pruritus in cholestasis: understanding and treating the itch

U Beuers, F Wolters, RPJ Oude Elferink - … Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Pruritus in cholestatic liver diseases can be a major burden and dramatically impair the
quality of life of those affected. Here, we provide an update on the latest insights into the …

The British Society of Gastroenterology/UK-PBC primary biliary cholangitis treatment and management guidelines

GM Hirschfield, JK Dyson, GJM Alexander… - Gut, 2018‏ - gut.bmj.com
Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an
autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury …