ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
Fibroblast Growth Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Opportunities and Challenges.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of efruxifermin's efficacy in improving liver fibrosis in patients with NASH/MASH.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Berberine Effects in Pre-Fibrotic Stages of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-Clinical and Pre-Clinical Overview and Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Is MASLD Not Just a Liver Disease? Bidirectional Gut-Liver Crosstalk as a Driver of Chronic Liver Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Role of FGF1 in Chronic Liver Diseases.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Effects of FGF4/HIF-1α axis-mediated neuronal glycolysis on neuropathic pain.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- FGF1 ameliorates hepatic steatosis through acute activation of the unfolded protein response and VLDL production.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Article
- Advanced Microbiome Therapeutics Accelerate MASLD Recovery by Restoring Intestinal Microbiota Equilibrium and the Gut-Liver Axis in a Mouse Model.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Article
- Altered mitochondrial unfolded protein response and FGF21 secretion in MASLD progression and the effect of exercise intervention.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Recent advances in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: immune cells, metabolic dysregulation, and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Efficacy and safety of the FGF19 analog aldafermin for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a GRADE assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Current and experimental pharmacotherapy for the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2024Review
- Potential therapeutic strategies for MASH: from preclinical to clinical development.Life metabolism · 2024Review
- Team players in the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunctions-associated steatotic liver disease: The basis of development of pharmacotherapy.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2024Review
- NASH Drug Development: Seeing the Light at the End of the Tunnel?Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2023Review
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- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Immunological mechanisms and current treatments.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- NAFLD/MAFLD: New Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- The role of FGF21 in the interplay between obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a narrative review.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieReview
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Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a chronic condition associated with metabolic dysfunction and obesity, has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Although early NAFLD can be treated with lifestyle changes, the treatment of advanced liver pathology, such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), remains a challenge. There are currently no FDA-approved drugs for NAFLD. Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) play essential roles in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism and have recently emerged as promising therapeutic agents for metabolic diseases. Among them, endocrine members (FGF19 and FGF21) and classical members (FGF1 and FGF4) are key regulators of energy metabolism. FGF-based therapies have shown therapeutic benefits in patients with NAFLD, and substantial progress has recently been made in clinical trials. These FGF analogs are effective in alleviating steatosis, liver inflammation, and fibrosis. In this review, we describe the biology of four metabolism-related FGFs (FGF19, FGF21, FGF1, and FGF4) and their basic action mechanisms, and then summarize recent advances in the biopharmaceutical development of FGF-based therapies for patients with NAFLD.
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