Fatty Liver Disease: From Molecular Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutics
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2026) | Viewed by 2161
Editors
Interests: alcoholic liver disease; non-alcoholic liver disease; intestinal microbiome; hepatitis C; COVID-19
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Interests: alcoholic liver disease; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; hepatocytotoxicity; inflammatory biomarkers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The liver has a unique blood supply from both portal and systemic sources. Portal blood is delivered directly via absorption from the GI tract. This includes substances that are both ingested and produced or metabolized by the intestinal microbiome.
Hepatic steatosis is a result of either alcohol ingestion or changes in hepatic metabolism linked to metabolic syndrome, including endogenous alcohol production. Steatosis may progress via steatohepatitis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis, and its complications include hepatocellular carcinoma.
As a result of the worldwide epidemic of obesity, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is common, with a prevalence of more than 30% in developed countries. Alcohol use has also increased, linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of these two drivers has had a major effect on alcoholic and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease.
This Special Issue aims to review the cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of hepatic steatosis, including the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of fatty liver disease. Submissions should explore both common mechanistic systems and the involvement of the intestinal microbiome.
Dr. Stephen Malnick
Prof. Dr. Manuela G. Neuman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fatty liver disease
- metabolic-associated liver disease-MAFLD
- alcoholic liver disease
- non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- alcohol and COVID-19
- cytokine storm
- microbiome
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