Challenges and opportunities in NASH drug development

SA Harrison, AM Allen, J Dubourg, M Noureddin… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its more severe form, nonalcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH), represent a growing worldwide epidemic and a high unmet medical …

Hepatic inflammatory responses in liver fibrosis

L Hammerich, F Tacke - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or viral hepatitis are
characterized by persistent inflammation and subsequent liver fibrosis. Liver fibrosis critically …

Randomized, controlled trial of the FGF21 analogue pegozafermin in NASH

R Loomba, AJ Sanyal, KV Kowdley… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Pegozafermin is a long-acting glycopegylated (pegylated with the use of site-
specific glycosyltransferases) fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogue in development …

Immune mechanisms linking metabolic injury to inflammation and fibrosis in fatty liver disease–novel insights into cellular communication circuits

M Peiseler, R Schwabe, J Hampe, P Kubes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease and is
emerging as the leading cause of cirrhosis, liver transplantation and hepatocellular …

Targeting fibrosis: Mechanisms and clinical trials

M Zhao, L Wang, M Wang, S Zhou, Y Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Immune cell-mediated features of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

T Huby, EL Gautier - Nature reviews immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes a range of hepatic manifestations,
starting with liver steatosis and potentially evolving towards non-alcoholic steatohepatitis …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized, controlled trial of the pan-PPAR agonist lanifibranor in NASH

SM Francque, P Bedossa, V Ratziu… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Management of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an unmet clinical need.
Lanifibranor is a pan-PPAR (peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor) agonist that …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: the interplay between metabolism, microbes and immunity

H Tilg, TE Adolph, M Dudek, P Knolle - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged pandemically across the globe and
particularly affects patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. NAFLD is a complex systemic …

Hyodeoxycholic acid alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through modulating the gut-liver axis

J Kuang, J Wang, Y Li, M Li, M Zhao, K Ge, D Zheng… - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is regarded as a pandemic that affects about a
quarter of the global population. Recently, host-gut microbiota metabolic interactions have …

Tropifexor for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: an adaptive, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2a/b trial

AJ Sanyal, P Lopez, EJ Lawitz, KJ Lucas, J Loeffler… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The multimodal activities of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists make this class an attractive
option to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The safety and efficacy of tropifexor, an FXR …