Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Sphingolipid Cargo for the Diagnosis and Dynamic Risk Profiling of Alcoholic Hepatitis
Sehrawat T, Arab J, Liu M, Amrollahi P, Wan M, Fan J, Nakao Y, Pose E, Navarro‐Corcuera A, Dasgupta D, Liao C, He L, Mauer A, Avitabile E, Ventura‐Cots M, Bataller R, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, Heimbach J, Watt K, Gores G, Gines P, Kamath P, Simonetto D, Hu T, Shah V, Malhi H. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Sphingolipid Cargo for the Diagnosis and Dynamic Risk Profiling of Alcoholic Hepatitis. Hepatology 2021, 73: 571-585. PMID: 32246544, PMCID: PMC7541595, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseAlcohol-associated cirrhosisAlcoholic hepatitisAH subjectsHealthy controlsHeavy drinkersLiver diseaseEtiology of ESLDEV concentrationEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreExtracellular vesiclesRisk profilingPathogenesis of AHLiver Disease scoreCholestatic liver diseaseNonalcoholic steatohepatitisRisk stratificationClinical criteriaPrognostic performanceDisease scoreDiagnostic biomarkersDisease controlEV countsDiseaseDrinkers