Benedict M, Zhang X. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: An expanded review. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(16): 715-732 [PMID: 28652891 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i16.715]
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Xuchen Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, LH 108, PO Box 208023, New Haven, CT 06520, United States. xuchen.zhang@yale.edu
Research Domain of This Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Review
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World J Hepatol. Jun 8, 2017; 9(16): 715-732 Published online Jun 8, 2017. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i16.715
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: An expanded review
Mark Benedict, Xuchen Zhang
Mark Benedict, Xuchen Zhang, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
Author contributions: Benedict M wrote the paper; Zhang X edited, revised and contributed with conceptual development.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
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: Xuchen Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, LH 108, PO Box 208023, New Haven, CT 06520, United States. xuchen.zhang@yale.edu
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Received: December 16, 2016 Peer-review started: December 19, 2016 First decision: January 28, 2017 Revised: February 8, 2017 Accepted: April 18, 2017 Article in press: April 20, 2017 Published online: June 8, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a growing epidemic, not only in the United States, but worldwide in part due to obesity and insulin resistance leading to liver accumulation of triglycerides and free fatty acids. NAFLD patients are at increased risk of liver-related as well as cardiovascular mortality, and NAFLD is rapidly becoming the leading indication for liver transplantation. Numerous risk factors for the development of NAFLD have been espoused with most having some form of metabolic derangement or insulin resistance at the core of its pathophysiology. However, the exact pathogenic mechanism of NAFLD still remains unclear, and there is no effective treatment yet so far. In this review we summarized the current knowledge of NAFLD epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathologic changes, natural history, and treatment.
