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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2023

Treatment responses and outcomes in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and concomitant features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Kalliopi Zachou, Kalliopi Azariadis, Ellina Lytvyak, Romée J A L M Snijders, Atsushi Takahashi, Nikolaos K Gatselis, Mercedes Robles, Raul J Andrade, Christoph Schramm, Ansgar W Lohse and 5 more

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Geoepidemiology of Autoimmune Hepatitis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026
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  8. Autoantibodies are associated with worse outcomes in MASLD.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025
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  11. Pathogenesis, Non-Invasive Assessments and Treatment of Hepatic Fibrosis in Autoimmune Liver Diseases.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  12. JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Kalliopi ZachouDepartment of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, National Expertise Center of Greece in Autoimmune Liver Diseases, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
Kalliopi AzariadisDepartment of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, National Expertise Center of Greece in Autoimmune Liver Diseases, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
Ellina LytvyakDivision of Preventive Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Romée J A L M SnijdersDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER), Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Atsushi TakahashiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
Nikolaos K GatselisDepartment of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, National Expertise Center of Greece in Autoimmune Liver Diseases, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
Mercedes RoblesUnidad De Gestión Clínica De Aparato Digestivo, Servicio De Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Visctoria, Universidad De Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Raul J AndradeUnidad De Gestión Clínica De Aparato Digestivo, Servicio De Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Visctoria, Universidad De Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Christoph SchrammDepartment of Medicine and Martin Zeitz Centre for Rare Diseases, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER), Hamburg, Germany.
Ansgar W LohseDepartment of Medicine and Martin Zeitz Centre for Rare Diseases, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER), Hamburg, Germany.
Atsushi TanakaDepartment of Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Joost P H DrenthDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER), Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Aldo J Montano-LozaDivision of Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
George N DalekosDepartment of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, National Expertise Center of Greece in Autoimmune Liver Diseases, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (IAIHG)
University Hospital of Larissa · GRRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Alberta · CAFukushima Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background & Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH) affect 17-46% of Western countries, making coexistence with other liver diseases inevitable. We investigated the prevalence and clinical significance of NAFLD/NASH or the components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a large multicentric cohort of patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Methods: Data from six academic centres (Greece, Canada, Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, and Spain) were evaluated. The presence of NAFLD/NASH in liver biopsy, MetS components, and clinical and laboratory parameters were recorded. Results: A total of 640 patients (474 females, age 49 [4-87] years; follow-up 78 [1-521] months) were included. NAFLD was present in 146 (22.8%) patients (AIH/non-alcoholic fatty liver [NAFL] 115 [18%], AIH/NASH 31 [4.8%]). AIH/NAFL patients were older ( Conclusions: The prevalence of NAFLD in AIH is similar to the general population. Concurrence of NASH in patients with AIH signifies a more severe disease, whereas that of NAFL may indicate a worse prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. T2DM and dyslipidaemia in AIH patients are associated with dismal parameters of outcome. Our findings suggest that NAFLD presence or even components of MetS in patients with AIH may affect prognosis, so closer follow-up of such patients is warranted. Impact and implications: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH) affect many people, making coexistence with other liver diseases inevitable. We investigated the prevalence and clinical significance of NAFLD/NASH or the components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). NAFLD and NASH presence in patients with AIH is as frequent as in the general population. The concurrence of NASH in patients with AIH seems to signify a more severe disease, whereas that of non-alcoholic fatty liver may indicate a worse prognosis in a specific subgroup of patients who already have cirrhosis at diagnosis. Diabetes or dyslipidaemia in patients with AIH were associated with worse prognosis. Therefore, it seems that closer follow-up of patients with concurrent AIH and NAFLD or AIH and components of MetS is needed.

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Autoimmune hepatitisMetabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver diseaseNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseNon-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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PMID37456672
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