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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2018

A Patient with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis Complicated by Multiple Myeloma.

Momoko Akashi, Kazuto Tajiri, Akinori Wada, Koichi Tsuneyama, Kengo Kawai, Satoshi Yasumura, Masami Minemura, Terumi Takahara, Toshiro Sugiyama

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Momoko AkashiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Kazuto TajiriDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Akinori WadaDepartment of Hematology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Koichi TsuneyamaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan.
Kengo KawaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Satoshi YasumuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Masami MinemuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Terumi TakaharaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.
Toshiro SugiyamaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Toyama University Hospital, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 68-year-old woman with liver dysfunction was diagnosed with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) stage 1. Three years later, she showed massive ascites and jaundice. A trans-jugular liver biopsy confirmed advanced cirrhosis, suggesting that her liver fibrosis had progressed rapidly. At the same time, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM). In this case, the plasma levels of osteopontin (OPN), a proinflammatory cytokine that promotes liver fibrosis progression through the hedgehog pathway and is increased in patients with MM, were increased. This increased OPN expression was accompanied by the upregulation of the hedgehog pathway in this patient, suggesting that the MM-associated increase in OPN had promoted the progression of liver fibrosis through the hedgehog pathway. The progression of liver fibrosis should be monitored in patients with NASH if other diseases, such as MM, are present.

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AgedAsian PeopleFemaleHedgehog ProteinsHumansLiver CirrhosisMultiple MyelomaNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseHedgehog Proteinshedgehog pathwaymultiple myelomanon-alcoholic steatohepatitisosteopontin

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PMID29491288
PMCPMC6096013

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