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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2021

Elevated Serum Cyclophilin D Level is Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Higher Fibrosis Scores in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

Mervat Naguib, Mahmoud Abou Elfotouh, Mohamed-Naguib Wifi

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Mervat NaguibDiabetes and Endocrinology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud Abou ElfotouhHepatology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed-Naguib WifiHepatology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

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Abstract

backgroundCyclophilin D (CypD) is a mitochondrial matrix protein involved in liver steatosis and fibrosis in vitro. However, the role of CypD in the development of fatty liver and liver fibrosis in humans has not been determined. PURPOSE: To measure the serum level of CypD in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to assess its relation to the presence of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in this group of patients. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 30 patients with diabetes and NAFLD were compared to 30 patients with diabetes without NAFLD and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Abdominal ultrasound was used to diagnose NAFLD. Serum CypD was measured using ELISA. Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, AST to platelet ratio index (APRI), and NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) were used as markers of liver fibrosis in patients with NAFLD. Patients with NAFLD were divided into two subgroups based on FIB-4 index: patients with liver fibrosis (FIB-4 >1.45) and patients without liver fibrosis (FIB-4 <1.45). CypD and other clinical and biochemical parameters were validated as predictors of NAFLD and liver fibrosis in diabetic patients in multivariate logistic regression analysis.

resultsDiabetic patients with NAFLD had higher serum CypD levels than those without NAFLD (11.65±2.96 vs 6.58±1.90 ng/mL, respectively,

conclusionSerum CypD is related to hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in diabetic patients. Serum CypD may thus provide a novel marker and therapeutic target of NAFLD and liver fibrosis.

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cyclophilin Dfatty liverfibrosistype 2 diabetes

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