2019
Chapter 11 Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Type 2 Diabetes Pathophysiologic Links and Potential Implications
Galderisi A, Martino M, Santoro N. Chapter 11 Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Type 2 Diabetes Pathophysiologic Links and Potential Implications. 2019, 91-99. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-55138-0.00011-5.BooksNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseFatty liver diseaseType 2 diabetesLiver diseasePediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePathophysiology of NAFLDEnd-stage liver diseaseIndependent risk factorPathophysiologic linkCommon complicationSimple steatosisPediatric obesityInsulin resistanceRisk factorsType 2Disease severityDiseaseDiabetesWide spectrumComplicationsPotential implicationsSteatosisObesityPathophysiologySeverity
2018
Ethnicity and Common Genetic Variants Modulate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Metabolic Phenotype in Obese Youth
TRICO D, CAPRIO S, UMANO G, GALDERISI A, MATA M, NOUWS J, PIERPONT B, KIM G, SANTORO N. Ethnicity and Common Genetic Variants Modulate Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Metabolic Phenotype in Obese Youth. Diabetes 2018, 67 DOI: 10.2337/db18-313-or.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseType 2 diabetesInsulin resistanceObese adolescentsInsulin sensitivityPrevalence of NAFLDHigher C-peptide levelsOral glucose tolerance testAfrican AmericansC-peptide levelsHigh fasting glucoseFatty liver diseaseGlucose tolerance testLower insulin sensitivityMajor risk factorZ-score BMIHepatic fat contentStrongest predictorCommon gene variantsFasting GlucoseNAFLD developmentGlucose toleranceLiver diseaseTolerance test
2016
Role of TM6SF2 rs58542926 in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic pediatric fatty liver disease: A multiethnic study
Goffredo M, Caprio S, Feldstein AE, D'Adamo E, Shaw MM, Pierpont B, Savoye M, Zhao H, Bale AE, Santoro N. Role of TM6SF2 rs58542926 in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic pediatric fatty liver disease: A multiethnic study. Hepatology 2016, 63: 117-125. PMID: 26457389, PMCID: PMC4688225, DOI: 10.1002/hep.28283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty liver diseaseHepatic fat contentLiver diseaseLiver biopsyTM6SF2 rs58542926Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity scorePediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseHigh hepatic fat contentPediatric fatty liver diseaseHigher alanine aminotransferase levelsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseOral glucose tolerance testMinor alleleDisease Activity ScoreIntrahepatic fat accumulationUnderwent liver biopsyAlanine aminotransferase levelsFavorable lipoprotein profileGlucose tolerance testLiver panelAminotransferase levelsCardiovascular riskActivity scoreObese childrenLipoprotein profile