Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
In Young Cho, Yoosoo Chang, Jae-Heon Kang, Yejin Kim, Eunju Sung, Hocheol Shin, Sarah H. Wild, Christopher D. Byrne, Seungho Ryu
Summary: The study found that long or irregular menstrual cycles were associated with an increased risk of both prevalent and incident NAFLD in young, premenopausal women. Therefore, women with long or irregular menstrual cycles may benefit from lifestyle modification advice to reduce the risk of NAFLD and associated cardiometabolic diseases.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julia A. Golubeva, Anna F. Sheptulina, Anastasia Yu. Elkina, Ekaterina O. Liusina, Anton R. Kiselev, Oxana M. Drapkina
Summary: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and arterial hypertension (AH) are common non-communicable diseases worldwide. They often coexist and are associated with each other regardless of the presence of other metabolic factors.
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Peter Konyn, Aijaz Ahmed, Donghee Kim
Summary: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease globally, associated with metabolic risk factors and predicting all-cause mortality. Mortality in NAFLD patients is on the rise, with cardiovascular disease being the most common cause-specific mortality. High-risk profiles for mortality include specific genetic variants, low thyroid function, and sarcopenia. Weight loss through diet and exercise is crucial for NAFLD severity improvement and survival. Future studies should investigate the independent association between NAFLD and mortality by considering long-term data.
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Fang Zhong, Liying Guan, Haiyan Lin, Meng Zhao, Yiming Qin, Qihang Li, Zhongshang Yuan, Guang Yang, Ling Gao, Jiajun Zhao
Summary: Elevated red blood cell count is independently associated with a high risk of NAFLD incidence and progression. This indicates that red blood cell count may be a convenient NAFLD risk indicator.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Eunji Ko, Eileen L. Yoon, Dae Won Jun
Summary: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of 25%. NAFLD is a major cause of liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. Cardiovascular disease risk also increases with NAFLD severity.
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Dong Hyun Sinn, Danbee Kang, Sung Chul Choi, Yun Soo Hong, Di Zhao, Eliseo Guallar, Yewan Park, Juhee Cho, Geum-Youn Gwak
Summary: The clinical implications of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in subjects who fulfill the diagnostic criteria of metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) are unknown.
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
David Marti-Aguado, Ana Clemente-Sanchez, Ramon Bataller
Summary: Smoking is a preventable risk factor for premature morbidity and mortality, with clinical evidence showing negative impacts on fatty liver, fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplant outcomes. Promoting smoking cessation is crucial for improving treatment response and reducing the risk of liver diseases.
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
George Agyapong, Farzaneh Dashti, Bubu A. A. Banini
Summary: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide and a leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. This manuscript provides an overview of NAFLD risk factors, natural history, diagnosis, and current management strategies.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ze Chen, Jiayi Liu, Feng Zhou, Haomiao Li, Xiao-Jing Zhang, Zhi-Gang She, Zhibing Lu, Jingjing Cai, Hongliang Li
Summary: NAFLD is closely associated with the risk of cardiac arrhythmias, potentially triggering structural, electrical, and autonomic remodeling in the heart and contributing to arrhythmogenic substrates. However, the upsurge in NAFLD as an emerging risk factor for cardiac arrhythmias has been largely overlooked.
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Nuria Barbarroja, Miriam Ruiz-Ponce, Laura Cuesta-Lopez, Carlos Perez-Sanchez, Chary Lopez-Pedrera, Ivan Arias-de La Rosa, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez
Summary: Liver disease is a significant cause of increased morbidity and mortality worldwide. Inflammation and the accumulation of fat in the liver can lead to hepatic damage, progressing to fibrosis and eventually cirrhosis, which are closely associated with cardiovascular disease. Patients with inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis have a higher risk of liver disease compared to the general population, possibly due to chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, treatments, and metabolic deregulation.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jianwei Wu, Jiahuan Guo, Anxin Wang, Yijun Zhang, Shouling Wu, Yanfang Liu, Xingquan Zhao
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) steatosis and the risk of future intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The results showed that persistent moderate steatosis was significantly associated with an increased risk of future ICH, independent of other conventional risk factors.
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
(2022)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Ze Chen, Li -Ping Xia, Lang Shen, Dan Xu, Yu Guo, Hui Wang
Summary: Accumulating evidence suggests that NAFLD has an intrauterine origin, with adverse prenatal environments and glucocorticoid exposure playing a crucial role in the developmental programming of fetal hepatic lipid metabolism. The offspring's glucocorticoid-insulin-like growth factor 1 (GC-IGF1) axis is programmed in utero, leading to postnatal catch-up growth and disrupted glucose and lipid metabolism, increasing susceptibility to NAFLD. Mismatch between intrauterine and postnatal environments can further disturb the programmed endocrine axes and accelerate the onset of NAFLD.
METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
(2024)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Seong Hee Kang, Yuri Cho, Soung Won Jeong, Seung Up Kim, Jin-Woo Lee
Summary: The transition from NAFLD to MAFLD involves including FLD subjects with metabolic abnormalities in the criteria while excluding those without, leading to a focus on metabolic dysfunction in the MAFLD criteria. This may underestimate the prognostic value of hepatic steatosis, but could better identify subjects at higher risk of liver or cardiovascular outcomes.
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Seogsong Jeong, Yun Hwan Oh, Seulggie Choi, Jooyoung Chang, Sung Min Kim, Sun Jae Park, Yoosun Cho, Joung Sik Son, Gyeongsil Lee, Sang Min Park
Summary: Weight change after a change in smoking status is associated with the risk of NAFLD. Weight gain increases NAFLD risk in smoking cessation, smoking relapse, and sustained smoking groups, while weight loss reduces NAFLD risk. Smoking cessation and sustained smoking are also associated with higher NAFLD risk in participants with no BMI change, and liver enzyme levels are higher in participants with smoking cessation and BMI gain. Monitoring and managing weight change after a change in smoking status may help reduce NAFLD risk.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shuai Yuan, Jie Chen, Xue Li, Rongrong Fan, Benoit Arsenault, Dipender Gill, Edward L. Giovannucci, Ju-Sheng Zheng, Susanna C. Larsson
Summary: This study identified several lifestyle and metabolic factors that may be causally implicated in NAFLD.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Pengfei Dou, Chengshun Xu, Xiuli Du, Su Chen
Summary: The study on seismic response and stability of liquefiable sites with and without structures found that non-free field has higher natural frequency and lower damping ratio. Under weak seismic loading condition, similar dynamic response is observed in both sites. However, under strong ground motion condition, the presence of structures in the non-free field leads to lower liquefaction depth, slower accumulation of porewater pressure, and smaller lateral displacements and acceleration compared to the free field.
BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Maogui Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Hui Lin, Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, Chengdong Xu, Bin Meng, Xin Zhang, Alessandra Carioli, Yuqing Feng, Qian Yin, Jessica R. Floyd, Nick W. Ruktanonchai, Zhongjie Li, Weizhong Yang, Andrew J. Tatem, Shengjie Lai
Summary: The transmission attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 on airplane seats ranges from 0.33% to 0.60%. The risk varies based on seat distance from index cases and joint travel time, with no significant difference in transmission risk between different types of aircraft. Overall, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission during domestic air travel is relatively low.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Optics
Cheng Xu, Hui Pang, Axiu Cao, Qiling Deng
Summary: A multiple-plane phase retrieval method is proposed in this paper, using diffraction of a grating to determine the initial distance and improve the accuracy and robustness of the reconstructed optical field. Numerical simulations and optical experiments confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method in recovering the complete complex amplitude of the optical field.
OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Optics
Xiuhui Sun, Xingyu Mu, Cheng Xu, Hui Pang, Qiling Deng, Ke Zhang, Haibo Jiang, Jinglei Du, Shaoyun Yin, Chunlei Du
Summary: A dual-task convolutional neural network based on the combination of U-Net and a diffraction propagation model is proposed in this paper for the design of phase holograms to suppress speckle noise in reconstructed images. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated through simulations and optical experiments, showing its advantages over traditional methods.
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Meng Li, Xin Song, Qi Jin, Yishu Chen, Jie Zhang, Jianguo Gao, Li Cen, Yiming Lin, Chengfu Xu, Xinjue He, Youming Li, Chaohui Yu
Summary: The study found that MPST plays a tumor suppressor role in HCC, and is closely related to tumor size and overall survival. Overexpression of MPST inhibits cell proliferation, induces apoptosis, and suppresses tumor growth. MPST expression is negatively correlated with H2S production, inhibition of the AKT/FOXO3a/Rb signaling pathway, and pRb expression, and the combination of these factors is a strong indicator of poor prognosis in HCC.
LIVER INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Hangkai Huang, Linjie Lu, Yishu Chen, Yan Zeng, Chengfu Xu
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis explored the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The results indicated that vitamin D supplementation was superior to placebo in improving IBS symptoms and quality of life.
Article
Surgery
Yanli Zhou, Chenghua Xu
Summary: The use of vascular closure devices in ischemic cerebrovascular interventions can effectively shorten the bleeding time, improve patient comfort, and reduce the incidence of complications.
FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Chengfu Xu, Jinping Tian, Yongquan Yang, Qingrong Yao, Tianming Li, Zhengfei Gu, Dongdong Ma, Jiang Wang, Guanghui Rao, Chaohao Hu, Xie Delong
Summary: The stability of the Pr3Pt4 phase in Pr42.9Pt57.1-xFex (x = 0, 1, 2, 3) alloys was investigated using XRD and DTA. It was found that the Pr3Pt4 phase decreased in fraction with increasing Fe content and transformed into PrPt and (Pr, Fe)Pt-2 phases.
CANADIAN METALLURGICAL QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Mengting Ren, Xinxin Zhou, Mosang Yu, Yang Cao, Chengfu Xu, Chaohui Yu, Feng Ji
Summary: In obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), three months of endoscopic duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve (DJBS) implantation resulted in significant weight loss and improvements in hepatic steatosis, liver enzymes, insulin resistance, and metabolic parameters.
DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Jialin Xu, Chengshun Xu, Linghui Huang, Masayuki Hyodo
Summary: This study conducted a series of triaxial tests on artificial methane hydrate-bearing specimens, and discussed the effects of effective confining pressure and hydrate saturation on the strength parameters and stress-dilatancy characteristics. The results showed that the strength and stiffness of hydrate-bearing sediments increase with increasing effective confining pressure, and shearing under high effective confining pressure leads to significant breakage of host particles.
Article
Crystallography
Cheng Xu, Zheng Zhou, Haixiang Han
Summary: The creation of atomically precise nanoclusters has become an important research direction in nanoscience, as these nanomaterials exhibit unique chemo-physical properties that are significantly different from bulk materials. In this study, a new nanocluster with embryonic features of corresponding bulk material was synthesized and its atomic structure was revealed. The structure of the nanocluster is distorted due to its molecular nature, leading to the formation of two chiral enantiomeric isomers.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Zhening Liu, Hangkai Huang, Jiarong Xie, Chengfu Xu
Summary: This study found that dietary patterns are associated with the long-term outcomes of NAFLD. Patients with a high-quality diet had a lower risk, particularly those with high-quality carbohydrate patterns and prudent dietary patterns rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish.
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Chengjie Xu, Haichuan Xu, Zhi-Hong Guan, Yuan Ge
Summary: This paper investigates the observer-based dynamic event-triggered semiglobal bipartite consensus (SGBC) for linear multi-agent systems (MASs) with input saturation under a competitive network. Distributed dynamic event-triggered control (DETC) protocols are proposed for solving the SGBC problems for MASs under different topologies. The bipartite consensus conditions are obtained using gauge transformation and the Lyapunov theory. Simulation examples are presented to verify the theoretical results efficiently.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Jiahui Hu, Dongdong Huang, Chengfu Xu, Yi Chen, Han Ma, Zhe Shen
Summary: We report a case of Epstein-Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (EBV+ iFDCS) presenting as a colon polyp in a 52-year-old woman with a special family history. The excised polypoid mass showed histopathological features consistent with EBV+ iFDCS, including infiltration of IgG4+ cells and positive expression of CD21, CD23, CD35, and EBER. The patient remained disease-free during the 1-year follow-up. This case highlights the importance of identifying the pathogenesis sites and sharing diagnostic experiences of EBV+ iFDCS, as well as summarizing its clinicopathological features presenting as a colon polyp.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2023)
