IMR Press / FBL / Volume 26 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.2741/4892

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Review
Current treatment paradigms and emerging therapies for NAFLD/NASH
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1 Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Send correspondence to: Rohit A. Sinha, Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Tel- 0522-2494392; E-mail: anthony.rohit@gmail.com
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(2), 206–237; https://doi.org/10.2741/4892
Published: 1 October 2020
Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one the fastest emerging manifestations of the metabolic syndrome worldwide. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the progressive form of NAFLD, may culminate into cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and is presently a leading cause of liver transplant. Although a steady progress is seen in understanding of the disease epidemiology, pathogenesis and identifying therapeutic targets, the slowest advancement is seen in the therapeutic field. Currently, there is no FDA approved therapy for this disease and appropriate therapeutic targets are urgently warranted. In this review we discuss the role of lifestyle intervention, pharmacological agents, surgical approaches, and gut microbiome, with regard to therapy for NASH. In particular, we focus the role of insulin sensitizers, thyroid hormone mimetics, antioxidants, cholesterol lowering drugs, incretins and cytokines as therapeutic targets for NASH. We highlight these targets aiming to optimize the future for NASH therapy.

Keywords
NAFLD
NASH
Therapy
Insulin sensitizers
Antioxidants
Statins
Incretins
Cytokines
Bariatric surgery
Gut microbiome
Review
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