Hadizadeh F, Faghihimani E, Adibi P. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Diagnostic biomarkers. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2017; 8(2): 11-26 [PMID: 28573064 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v8.i2.11]
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Elham Faghihimani, MD, Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib Blvd., Isfahan 81746 73461, Iran. efimani@yahoo.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Diagnostic Advances
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Fatemeh Hadizadeh, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Elham Faghihimani, Peyman Adibi, Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746 73461, Iran
Author contributions: Adibi P had the original idea; Hadizadeh F and Faghihimani E performed the literature review and drafted the manuscript; Adibi P performed critical revision of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Elham Faghihimani, MD, Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jarib Blvd., Isfahan 81746 73461, Iran. efimani@yahoo.com
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Received: June 27, 2016 Peer-review started: June 29, 2016 First decision: August 5, 2016 Revised: January 10, 2017 Accepted: February 8, 2017 Article in press: February 13, 2017 Published online: May 15, 2017
Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a common medical condition worldwide and its prevalence has increased notably in the past few years due to the increases in prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome. However, diagnosis of this disease is still a matter of debate because of disease variations and pathophysiologic alterations. Specific single markers have gained considerable attention recently, among them markers related to hepatic pathophysiology, inflammation, adipocytokines and so forth. But, it seems that no single marker is sufficient for diagnosis and staging of the disease, and applying a panel including different types of tests may be more useful.
Core tip: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a pandemic disease in both developed and developing countries. There is emerging scientific evidence in this field that needs to be classified and summarized to make conceptual maps for researchers as well as practitioners. This article aimed to cover diagnostic markers in this disease, considering limitations and applications.
