2021
Circulating Fatty Acids Associated with Advanced Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in South Texas Hispanics
Jiao J, Kwan S, Sabotta C, Tanaka H, Veillon L, Warmoes M, Lorenzi P, Wang Y, Wei P, Hawk E, Almeda J, McCormick J, Fisher-Hoch S, Beretta L. Circulating Fatty Acids Associated with Advanced Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in South Texas Hispanics. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2021, 30: 1643-1651. PMID: 34155064, PMCID: PMC8419070, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-21-0183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced liver fibrosisNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseLiver fibrosisHepatocellular carcinomaFree fatty acidsVLC nPlasma concentrationsCameron County Hispanic CohortFatty liver diseaseLiver fibrosis progressionRelatives of patientsStrong predictive factorLow plasma concentrationsSecond-degree relativesLiver fibrosis severityOdd-chain SFAsTexas HispanicsVLC-SFAFIB-4Advanced fibrosisLiver diseaseNAFLD progressionFibrosis progressionN3-PUFAsFatty acids
2015
Liver Fibrosis Progression in Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Seroconversion
Butt AA, Yan P, Re V, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Leaf D, Freiberg MS, Klein MB, Justice AC, Sherman KE. Liver Fibrosis Progression in Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Seroconversion. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 178-185. PMID: 25485735, PMCID: PMC5017246, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of cirrhosisLiver fibrosis progressionHepatic decompensation eventsDevelopment of cirrhosisFibrosis progressionHCV controlHepatic decompensationDecompensation eventsLiver fibrosisNegative HCV antibody test resultPositive HCV RNA test resultLower mean body mass indexHCV antibody test resultHCV RNA test resultsNational Veterans Affairs databaseHepatitis C virus infectionMean body mass indexHigher serum aminotransferase levelsHCV Infected VeteransRNA test resultsC virus infectionFIB-4 scoreFibrosis-4 indexSerum aminotransferase levelsMonths of follow
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