ReviewJournal of clinical and translational hepatology2021
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Name Change: Requiem or Reveille?
Review in Journal of clinical and translational hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Recompensation of Liver Cirrhosis: Definition, Mechanism, Etiological Differences, Prognosis, and Challenges.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Review
- Exploring Fibrosis Pathophysiology in Lean and Obese Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease: An In-Depth Comparison.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Recompensation in cirrhosis: unravelling the evolving natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
- Effects of oleoylethanolamide supplementation on inflammatory biomarkers, oxidative stress and antioxidant parameters of obese patients with NAFLD on a calorie-restricted diet: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of Action of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.Stem cells international · 2023Review
- Cardiac abnormalities in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects about a quarter of the world's population and poses a major health and economic burden globally. Recently, there have been hasty attempts to rename NAFLD to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) despite the fact that there is no scientific rationale for this. Quest for a "positive criterion" to diagnose the disease and destigmatizing the disease have been the main reasons put forth for the name change. A close scrutiny of the pathogenesis of NAFLD would make it clear that NAFLD is a heterogeneous disorder, involving different pathogenic mechanisms of which metabolic dysfunction-driven hepatic steatosis is only one. Replacing NAFLD with MAFLD would neither enhance the legitimacy of clinical practice and clinical trials, nor improve clinical care or move NAFLD research forward. Rather than changing the nomenclature without a strong scientific backing to support such a change, efforts should be directed at understanding NAFLD pathogenesis across diverse populations and ethnicities which could potentially help develop newer therapeutic options.
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