Genetics is of the essence to face NAFLD

M Meroni, M Longo, G Tria, P Dongiovanni - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest cause of chronic liver disease
worldwide. It is closely related to obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and dyslipidemia so much …

The role of platelets in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from pathophysiology to therapeutics

N Malladi, MJ Alam, SK Maulik, SK Banerjee - Prostaglandins & other lipid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Platelets are one of the key mediators in thrombosis as well as in the progression of many
diseases. An increase in platelet activation and a decrease in platelet count is associated …

Metabolic changes and propensity for inflammation, fibrosis, and cancer in livers of mice lacking lysosomal acid lipase

I Bradić, L Liesinger, KB Kuentzel, N Vujić… - Journal of Lipid …, 2023 - ASBMB
Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) is the sole lysosomal enzyme responsible for the degradation
of cholesteryl esters and triacylglycerols at acidic pH. Impaired LAL activity leads to LAL …

Lysosomes in the immunometabolic reprogramming of immune cells in atherosclerosis

F Bonacina, X Zhang, N Manel… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Lysosomes have a central role in the disposal of extracellular and intracellular cargo and
also function as metabolic sensors and signalling platforms in the immunometabolic …

An overview of deregulated lipid metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with special focus on lysosomal acid lipase

S Carotti, K Aquilano, F Valentini… - American Journal …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are frequently complicated by excess fat accumulation in the
liver, which is known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this context, liver …

[HTML][HTML] Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development: A multifactorial pathogenic phenomena

A Bashir, A Duseja, A De, M Mehta, P Tiwari - Liver Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by the accumulation of excessive
intrahepatic fat, is a leading metabolic disorder also considered as the hepatic manifestation …

[HTML][HTML] From LAL-D to MASLD: Insights into the role of LAL and Kupffer cells in liver inflammation and lipid metabolism

I Bradić, KB Kuentzel, A Pirchheim, S Rainer… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2025 - Elsevier
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a prevalent liver
pathology worldwide, closely associated with obesity and metabolic disorders. Increasing …

Liver-directed aav gene therapy normalizes disease symptoms and provides cross-correction in a model of lysosomal acid lipase deficiency

P Lam, DA Zygmunt, A Ashbrook, C Yan, H Du… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) is caused by mutations in the LIPA gene, which
encodes the lysosomal enzyme that hydrolyzes triglycerides and cholesteryl esters to free …

Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency: a rare inherited dyslipidemia but potential ubiquitous factor in the development of atherosclerosis and fatty liver disease

KJ Besler, V Blanchard, GA Francis - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL), encoded by the gene LIPA, is the sole neutral lipid hydrolase
in lysosomes, responsible for cleavage of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides into their …

Clitorin ameliorates western diet-induced hepatic steatosis by regulating lipogenesis and fatty acid oxidation in vivo and in vitro

DC Cominguez, YJ Park, YM Kang, A Nugroho… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is usually correlated with metabolic diseases, such
as obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia. Herein, we investigated the inhibitory …