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ReviewOncology and therapy2026

Repurposing Resmetirom to Suppress MASLD/MASH-HCC in the Dysmetabolic Era.

Amedeo Lonardo, Ming-Hua Zheng, Ralf Weiskirchen

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Review in Oncology and therapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Amedeo LonardoIndependent Researcher, Modena, Italy. a.lonardo@libero.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-0698
Ming-Hua ZhengMAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Ralf WeiskirchenInstitute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-0931

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic disorders are risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through complex proinflammatory, molecular, and cellular processes within a systemic dysmetabolic milieu. Despite significant advancements in the last two decades, HCC remains a challenging condition to treat. Resmetirom is a liver‑directed, selective THR‑β agonist that enhances mitochondrial β-oxidation, reduces de novo lipogenesis, improves lipid and cholesterol homeostasis, and, in preclinical HCC associated with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease/steatohepatitis (MASLD/MASH-HCC) models, attenuates midkine/lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (MDK/LRP1)-mediated immunosuppressive crosstalk. In this article, we discuss the possibility and rationale for repurposing Resmetirom, which has recently been approved for the treatment of MASH, to potentially suppress MASLD/MASH-HCC. This discussion considers the evolving epidemiology of HCC, the ongoing challenges in HCC treatment, and the intricate connection between thyroid hormone signaling, MASLD, and HCC.

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HCCMASLDMetabolic disordersResmetiromThyroid hormone signaling

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PMID42141212
PMCPMC13305056

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