NASHCRN - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network

 
 


Publications


Published papers (includes papers in press)

2024

Maldonado SS, Cedars MI, Yates KP, Wilson LA, Gill R, Terrault NA, Suzuki A, Sarkar MA. Anti-Mullerian Hormone, a Marker of Ovarian Reserve, Is Protective Against Presence and Severity of NASH in Premenopausal Women. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Feb;22(2):339-346.e5. Epub 2023 Sep 9.  PMC10840970

2023

Gill RM, Allende D, Belt PH, Behling CA, Cummings OW, Guy CD, Carpenter D, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, Tonascia J, Van Natta ML, Wilson LA, Yamada G, Yeh M, Kleiner DE; Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). The nonalcoholic steatohepatitis extended hepatocyte ballooning score: histologic classification and clinical significance. Hepatol Commun. 2023 Feb 1;7(2):e0033. PMC9894357

Goyal NP, Rosenthal SB, Nasamran C, Behling CA, Angeles JE, Fishbein MH, Harlow KE, Jain AK, Molleston JP, Newton KP, Ugalde-Nicalo P, Xanthankos SA, Yates K, Schork NJ, Fisch KM, Schwimmer JB; NASH Clinical Research Network. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease risk and histologic severity are associated with genetic polymorphisms in children. Hepatology. 2023 Jan 1;77(1):197-212. Epub 2022 Jun 20. PMC9653518

Huang DQ, Wilson LA, Behling C, Kleiner DE, Kowdley KV, Dasarathy S, Amangurbanova M, Terrault NA, Diehl AM, Chalasani N, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, Tonascia J, and Loomba R for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Fibrosis Progression Rate in Biopsy-proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Patients with Diabetes versus Patients without Diabetes: A Multicenter Study. Gastroenterology. 2023 Aug;165(2):463-472.e5. Epub 2023 Apr 29. PMC10699569

Jain AK, Buchannan P, Yates KP, Belt P, Schwimmer JB, Rosenthal P, Murray KF, Molleston JP, Scheimann A, Xanthakos SA, Behling CA, Hertel P, Nilson J, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Tonascia J, Vos Mb, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Nutrition Assessment and MASH Severity in Children Using the Healthy Eating Index. Hepatol Commun. 2023 Dec 7;7(12):e0320. PMID: 38055641.

Jarasvaraparn C, Vilar-Gomez E, Yates KP, Wilson LA, Neuschwander-Tetri B, Loomba R, Cummings O, Vos M, Xanthakos S, Schwimmer J, Molleston JP, Sanyal A, Tonascia J, Chalasani N. Age, BMI, and type 2 diabetes modify the relationship between PNPLA3 and advanced fibrosis in children and adults with NAFLD. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Dec 23:S1542-3565(23)01041-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38145725.

Newton KP, Wilson L, Crimmins NA, Fishbein M, Molleston J, Xanthakos S, Behling C, Schwimmer JB; Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 May;21(5):1261-1270. Epub 2022 Jun 13. PMC10151072

Sanyal AJ, Foucquier J, Younossi ZM, Harrison SA, Newsome PN, Chan WK, Yilmaz Y, De Ledinghen V, Costentin C, Zheng MH, Wai-Sun Wong V, Elkhashab M, Huss RS, Myers RP, Roux M, Labourdette A, Destro M, Fournier-Poizat C, Miette V, Sandrin L, Boursier J. Enhanced diagnosis of advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in individuals with NAFLD using FibroScan-based Agile scores. J Hepatol. 2023 Feb;78(2):247-259. Epub 2022 Nov 12. PMC10170177

Sanyal AJ, Shankar SS, Yates KP, Bolognese J, Daly E, Dehn C, Neuschwander-Tetri B, Kowdley K, Vuppalanchi R, Behling C, Tonascia J, Samir A, Sirlin C, Sherlock SP, Fowler K, Heymann H, Kamphaus T, Loomba R, Calle RA. Diagnostic performance of circulating biomarkers for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Nat Med. 2023 Oct;29(10):2656-2664. Epub 2023 Sep 7. PMC10579051

Sanyal AJ, Williams SA, Lavine JE, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Alexander L, Ostroff R, Biegel H, Kowdley KV, Chalasani N, Dasarathy S, Diehl AM, Loomba R, Hameed B, Behling C, Kleiner DE, Karpen SJ, Williams J, Jia Y, Yates KP, Tonascia J. Defining the serum proteomic signature of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, ballooning and fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. J Hepatol. 2023 Apr;78(4):693-703. Epub 2022 Dec 14. PMC10165617

Shen W, Middleton MS, Cunha GM, Delgado TI, Wolfson T, Gamst A, Fowler KJ, Alazraki A, Trout AT, Ohliger MA, Shah SN, Bashir MR, Kleiner DE, Loomba R, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, Zhou J, Sirlin CB, Lavine JE. Changes in abdominal adipose tissue depots assessed by MRI correlate with hepatic histologic improvement in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. J Hepatol. 2023 Feb;78(2):238-246. Epub 2022 Nov 8. PMC9852022

Vilar-Gomez E, Liang T, Yates K, Wilson L, Loomba R, Chalasani N. The Protection Conferred by HSD17B13 rs72613567 on Hepatic Fibrosis Is Likely Mediated by Lowering Ballooning and Portal Inflammation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023;21:2981-2983. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMC10188654

Wang A, Blackford AL, Behling C, Wilson LA, Newton KP, Xanthakos SA, Fishbein MH, Vos MB, Mouzaki M, Molleston JP, Jain AK, Hertel P, Harlow Adams K, and Schwimmer JB for the NASH CRN. Development of Fibro-PEN, a Clinical Prediction Model for Moderate to Severe Fibrosis in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology. 2023 Oct 23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37870272.

Wojcicki JM, Gill RM, Wilson L, Lin J, Rosenthal P. Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length Protects Against NAFLD Progression in Children. Sci Rep. 2023 Apr 3;13(1)5446. PMC10070244

2022

Brandman D, Boyle M, McPherson S, Van Natta ML, Sanyal AJ, Kowdley K, Neuschwander-Tetri B, Chalasani N, Abdelmalek MF, Terrault NA, McCullough A, Bettencourt R, Caussy C, Kleiner DE, Behling C, Tonascia J, Anstee QM, Loomba R. Comparison of clinical prediction rules for detection of cirrhosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Jun;55(11):1441-1451. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMC9098681

Vilar-Gomez E, Pirola CJ, Sookoian S, Wilson LA, Liang T, Chalasani N. PNPLA3 rs738409 and risk of fibrosis in NAFLD: Exploring mediation pathways through intermediate histological features. Hepatology. 2022 Nov;76(5):1482-1494. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMC9519813

Vos MB, Van Natta ML, Blondet NM, Dasarathy S, Fishbein M, Hertel P, Jain AK, Karpen SJ, Lavine JE, Mohammad S, Miriel LA, Molleston JP, Mouzaki M, Sanyal A, Sharkey EP, Schwimmer JB, Tonascia J, Wilson LA, Xanthakos SA; NASH Clinical Research Network. Randomized placebo-controlled trial of losartan for pediatric NAFLD. Hepatology. 2022 Aug;76(2):429-444. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PMC9288975

Vujkovic M, Ramdas S, Lorenz KM, Guo X, Darlay R, Cordell HJ, He J, Gindin Y, Chung C, Myers RP, Schneider CV, Park J, Lee KM, Serper M, Carr RM, Kaplan DE, Haas ME, MacLean MT, Witschey WR, Zhu X, Tcheandjieu C, Kember RL, Kranzler HR, Verma A, Giri A, Klarin DM, Sun YV, Huang J, Huffman JE, Creasy KT, Hand NJ, Liu CT, Long MT, Yao J, Budoff M, Tan J, Li X, Lin HJ, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Chang RK, Krauss RM, Vilarinho S, Brancale J, Nielsen JB, Locke AE, Jones MB, Verweij N, Baras A, Reddy KR, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Schwimmer JB, Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, Ryan KA, Mitchell BD, Gill D, Wells AD, Manduchi E, Saiman Y, Mahmud N, Miller DR, Reaven PD, Phillips LS, Muralidhar S, DuVall SL, Lee JS, Assimes TL, Pyarajan S, Cho K, Edwards TL, Damrauer SM, Wilson PW, Gaziano JM, O'Donnell CJ, Khera AV, Grant SFA, Brown CD, Tsao PS, Saleheen D, Lotta LA, Bastarache L, Anstee QM, Daly AK, Meigs JB, Rotter JI, Lynch JA; Regeneron Genetics Center; Geisinger-Regeneron DiscovEHR Collaboration; EPoS Consortium; VA Million Veteran Program; Rader DJ, Voight BF, Chang KM. A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation. Nat Genet. 2022 Jun;54(6):761-771. Epub 2022 Jun 2. PMC10024253

Woreta TA, Van Natta ML, Lazo M, Krishnan A, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Loomba R, Mae Diehl A, Abdelmalek MF, Chalasani N, Gawrieh S, Dasarathy S, Vuppalanchi R, Siddiqui MS, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Terrault NA, Behling C, Kleiner DE, Fishbein M, Hertel P, Wilson LA, Mitchell EP, Miriel LA, Clark JM, Tonascia J, Sanyal AJ; NASH Clinical Research Network. Validation of the accuracy of the FAST™ score for detecting patients with at-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a North American cohort and comparison to other non-invasive algorithms. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 15;17(4):e0266859. eCollection 2022. PMC9012361

2021

Allende DS, Gawrieh S, Cummings OW, Belt P, Wilson L, Van Natta M, Behling CA, Carpenter D, Gill R, Kleiner DE, Yeh MM, Chalasani N, Guy CD; NASH Clinical Research Network. Glycogenosis is common in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and is independently associated with ballooning, but lower steatosis and lower fibrosis. Liver Int. 2021 May;41(5):006-1011. PMC8052274

Gawrieh S, Harlow KE, Pike F, Yates KP, Wilson LA, Cummings OW, Rosenberg WM, Chalasani N, Molleston JP. Relationship of Enhanced Liver Fibrosis Score with Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Histology and Response to Vitamin E or Metformin. J Pediatr. 2021 Dec;239:161-167.e5. Epub 2021 Aug 13. PMC8922020

Gawrieh S, Wilson LA, Yates KP, Cummings OW, Vilar-Gomez E, Ajmera V, Kowdley KV, Rosenberg WM, Tonascia J, Chalasani N. Relationship of ELF and PIIINP with Liver Histology and Response to Vitamin E or Pioglitazone in the PIVENS Trial. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Feb;5(5):786-797. PMC8122381

Newton KP, Lavine JE, Wilson LA, Behling C, Vos MB, Molleston JP, Rosenthal P, Miloh T, Fishbein MH, Jain AK, Murray KF, Schwimmer JB, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Alanine aminotransferase and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase predict histologic improvement in pediatric nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2021 Mar;73:937-51. PMC7669708

Sanyal AJ, Van Natta ML, Clark J, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Diehl AM, Dasarathy S, Loomba R, Chalasani N, Kowdley K, Hameed B, Wilson LA, Yates KP, Belt P, Lazo M, Kleiner DE, Behling C, Tonascia J for the NASH CRN Clinical Research Network (CRN). Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 21; 385:1559-1569. PMC8881985

Sarkar M, Suzuki A, Abdelmalek M, Yates K, Wilson L, Bass NM, Gill R, Cedars M, Terrault N. Testosterone is Associated With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Fibrosis in Pre-Menopausal Women With NAFLD. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jun;19:1267-1274. PMC8175071

Sarkar M, Yates K, Suzuki A, Lavine J, Gill R, Ziegler T, Terrault N, Dhindsa S. Low testosterone is associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis severity in men. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Feb;19(2):400-402.e2. Epub 2019 Dec 5. PMC7272262

Vilar-Gomez E, Gawrieh S, Liang T, McIntyre AD, Hegele RA, Chalasani N. Interrogation of selected genes influencing serum LDL-Cholesterol levels in patients with well characterized NAFLD. J Clin Lipidol. 2021 Mar-Apr;15(2): 275-91. Epub 2020 Dec 27. PMC8187295

Vilar-Gomez E, Pirola CJ, Sookoian S, Wilson L, Belt P, Liang T, Liu W, Chalasani N. Impact of the association between PNPLA3 genetic variation and dietary intake on the risk for significant fibrosis in patients with NAFLD. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 May 1;116(5):994-1006. PMC8087619

Vilar-Gomez E, Pirola CJ, Sookoian S, Wilson LA, Liang T, Chalasani N. The Protection Conferred by HSD17B13 rs72613567 Polymorphism on Risk of Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis May Be Limited to Selected Subgroups of Patients With NAFLD. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2021 Sep 10;12(9):e00400. PMC8437218

Yu J, Zhu C, Wang X, Kim K, Bartolome A, Dongiovanni P, Yates KP, Valenti L, Carrer M, Sadowski T, Qiang L, Tabas I, Lavine JE, Pajvani UB. Hepatocyte TLR4 triggers inter-hepatocyte Jagged1/Notch signaling to determine NASH-induced fibrosis. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Jun 23;13(599):eabe1692. PMC8792974

    2020

Loomba R, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, Diehl AM, Terrault N, Kowdley K, Dasarathy S, Kleiner D, Behling C, Lavine J, Van Natta M, Middleton M, Tonascia J, Sirlin C; NASH Clinical Research Network. Multicenter Validation of Association Between Decline in MRI-PDFF and Histologic Response in NASH. Hepatology. 2020 Oct;72(4):1219-1229. PMC8055244

Mueller NT, Liu T, Mitchel EB, Yates KP, Suzuki A, Behling C, Lavine JE. Sex hormone relations to histologic severity of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov;105(11):3496-504. PMC7494240

Siddiqui MS, Van Natta ML, Connelly MA, Vuppalanchi R, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Tonascia J, Guy C, Loomba R, Dasarathy S, Wattacheril J, Chalasani N, Sanyal AJ, for the NASH CRN. Impact of Obeticholic Acid on the Lipoprotein Profile in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. J Hepatol. 2020 Jan;72(1):25-33. Epub 2019 Oct 18. PMC6920569

Vilar-Gomez E, Sookoian S, Pirola CJ, Liang T, Gawrieh S, Sanyal A, Cummings O, Liu W, Chalasani N. ADH1B*2 is Associated With Reduced Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adults, Independent of Alcohol Consumption. Gastroenterology. 2020 Sep;159(3):929-943. Epub 2020 May 23. PMC7502531

Xanthakos SA, Lavine JE, Yates KP, Schwimmer JB, Molleston JP, Rosenthal P, Murray KF, Vos MB, Jain AK, Scheimann AO, Miloh T, Fishbein M, Behling CA, Brunt EM, Sanyal A, Tonascia J, NASH Clinical Research Network. Progression of fatty liver disease in children receiving standard of care lifestyle advice. Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov;159:1731-1751.e10. Epub 2020 Jul 23.  PMC7680281

2019

 Banini BA, Cazanave SC, Yates KP, Asgharpour A, Vincent R, Mirshahi F, Le P, Contos MJ, Tonascia J, Chalasani NP, Kowdley KV, McCullough AJ, Behing CA, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, and Sanyal AJ, for the NASH CRN. Haptoglobin 2 allele is associated with histological response to vitamin E in subjects with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 Nov/Dec;53:750-758. PMC6588507

Bashir MR, Wolfson T, Gamst AC, Fowler KJ, Ohliger M, Shah SN, Alazraki A, Trout AT, Behling C, Allende DS, Loomba R, Sanyal A, Schwimmer J, Lavine JE, Shen W, Tonascia J, Van Natta ML, Mamidipalli A, Hooker J, Kowdley KV, Middleton MS, Sirlin CB, on behalf of the NASH Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Hepatic R2* is more strongly associated with proton density fat fraction than histologic liver iron scores in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 May;49:1456–1466. Epub 2018 Oct 4. PMC6449180

Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Wilson LA, Sanyal AJ, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Improvements in histologic features and diagnosis are associated with improvements in fibrosis in NASH: Results from the NASH Clinical Research Network Treatment Trials. Hepatology. 2019 Aug;70:522-531. Epub 2019 Mar 7. PMC6570584

Corey KE, Wilson LA, Altinbas A, Yates KP, Kleiner DE, Chung RT, Krauss RM, Chalasani N, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Relationship between resolution of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and changes in lipoprotein sub-fractions: A post-hoc analysis of the PIVENS trial. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 May;49:1205–1213. Epub 2019 Mar 10. PMC6461513

Gawrieh S, Wilson LA, Cummings OW, Clark JM, Loomba R, Hameed B, Abdelmalek MF, Dasarathy S, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Kowdley K, Kleiner D, Doo E, Tonascia J, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Histologic Findings of Advanced Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Who Have Normal Aminotransferase Levels. Am J Gastro. 2019 Oct;14:1626-1635. PMC6800246

Gawrieh S, Guo X, Tan J, Lauzon M, Taylor KD, Loomba R, Cummings OW, Pillai S, Bhatnagar P, Kowdley KV, Yates K, Wilson LA, Chen Y-D I, Rotter JI, Chalasani N; for the NASH Clinical Research Network. A Pilot Genome-Wide Analysis Study Identifies Loci Associated with Response to Obeticholic Acid in Patients with NASH. Hepatol Commun. 2019 Nov;3:1571-1584. PMC6887685

Kleiner DE, Brunt EM, Wilson LA, Behling C, Guy C, Contos M, Cummings O, Yeh M, Gill R, Chalasani N, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Diehl AM, Dasarathy S, Terrault N, Kowdley K, Loomba R, Belt P, Tonascia J, Lavine JE, Sanyal AJ; for the Nonalcoholic Clinical Research Network. Association of histologic disease activity with progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Oct 2;2(10):e1912565. PMC6784786

Ma Y, Belyaeva OV, Brown PM, Fujita K, Valles K, Karki S, de Boer YS, Koh C, Chen Y, Du X, Handelman SK, Chen V, Speliotes EK, Nestlerode C, Thomas E, Kleiner DE, Zmuda JM, Sanyal AJ; (for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network), Kedishvili NY, Liang TJ, Rotman Y. 17-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 13 Is a Hepatic Retinol Dehydrogenase Associated With Histological Features of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology. 2019 Apr;69(4):1504-1519. Epub 2019 Mar 5. PMC6438737

Schwimmer JB*, Johnson JS*, Angeles JE, Behling C, Belt PH, Borecki I, Bross C, Durelle J, Goyal NP, Hamilton G, Holtz ML, Lavine JE, Mitreva M, Newton KP, Pan A, Simpson PM, Sirlin CB, Sodergren E, Tyagi R, Yates KP, Weinstock G, Salzman NH. Microbiome signatures associated with steatohepatitis and moderate to severe fibrosis in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology. 2019 Oct;157:1109-1122. Epub 2019 Jun 27. PMC6756995 *shared first authorship

Siddiqui MS, Yamada G, Vuppalanchi R, Van Natta M, Guy C, Brandman D, Tonascia J, Chalasani N, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Invasive Fibrosis Models to Detect Change in Fibrosis Stage. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Aug;17:1877-1885. Epub 2019 Jan 4. PMC6609497

Siddiqui MS, Vuppalanchi R, Van Natta ML, Hallinan E, Kowdley KV, Abdelmalek M, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Loomba R, Dasarathy S, Brandman D, Doo E, Tonascia J, Kleiner DE, Chalasani N, Sanyal AJ, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Vibration-controlled transient elastography to assess fibrosis and steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan;17:156-163.e2. Epub 2018 Apr 26. PMC6203668

Wang K, Mamidipalli A, Retson T, Bahrami N, Hasenstab K, Blansit K, Bass E, Delgado T, Cunha G, Middleton MS, Loomba R, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sirlin CB, Hsiao A, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Automated CT and MRI liver segmentation and biometry using a generalized convolutional neural network. Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. 2019 Mar;1(2):e180022. Epub 2019 Mar 27. PMC7314107

2018

Africa JA, Behling CA, Brunt EM, Zhang N, Luo Y, Wells A, Hou J, Belt PH, Kohli R, Lavine JE, Molleston JP, Newton KP, Whitington PF, Schwimmer JB, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). In children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Zone 1 steatosis is associated with advanced fibrosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Mar;16:438-446.e1. Epub 2017 Mar 7. PMC5589478

Ajmera V, Belt P, Wilson LA, Gill RM, Loomba R, Kleiner DK, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Terrault N, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, modest alcohol use is associated with less improvement in histologic steatosis and steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Sep;16:1511-1520.e5. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMC6098737

Elbel E, Lavine JE, Downes M, Van Natta M, Yu R, Schwimmer JB, Behling C, Brunt E, Tonascia J, Evans R. Hepatic nuclear expression associates with features of histology in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Sep 27;2:1210-1223. eCollection 2018 Oct. PMC6167075

Hameed B, Terrault N, Gill R, Loomba R, Chalasani N, Hoofnagle J, Van Natta M. Clinical and metabolic effects associated with weight changes and obeticholic acid in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Mar;47:645-656. Epub 2018 Jan 14. PMC5931362

Harlow KE, Africa JA, Wells A, Hou J, Belt PH, Behling CA, Jain AK, Molleston JP, Newton KP, Rosenthal P, Vos MB, Xanthakos SA, Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Clinically actionable hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Pediatr. 2018 Jul;198:76-83.e2. Epub 2018 Apr 13. PMC6019181

Middleton MS, Van Natta ML, Heba ER, Alazraki A, Trout AT, Masand P, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Doo E, Tonascia J, Lavine JE, Shen W, Hamilton G, Schwimmer JB, Sirlin CB, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging hepatic proton density fat fraction in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2018 Mar;67:858-872. Epub 2018 Jan 26. PMC6211296

Rausch JC, Lavine JE, Chalasani N, Guo X, Kwon S, Schwimmer JB, Molleston JP, Loomba R, Brunt EM, Chen Y-D I, Goodarzi MO, Taylor KD, Yates KP, and Rotter JI, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Genetic variants associated with obesity and insulin resistance in Hispanic boys with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 May;66(5):789-796. PMC5916321

Vuppalanchi R, Siddiqui MS, Van Natta ML, Hallinan E, Brandman D, Kowdley K, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Loomba R, Dasarathy S, Abdelmalek M, Doo E, Tonascia J, Kleiner DE, Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Performance characteristics of vibration-controlled transient elastography for evaluation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2018 Jan;67(1):134-44. Epub 2017 Nov 29. PMC5739967

Wattacheril J, Shea PR, Mohammad S, Behling C, Aggarwal V, Wilson LA, Yates KP, Ito J, Fishbein M, Stong N, Lavine JE, Goldstein JB. Exome sequencing of an adolescent with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease identifies a clinically actionable case of Wilson Disease. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2018 Oct 1;4(5):a003087. PMC6169823

Zhu C, Kim K, Wang X, Bartolome A, Salomao M, Dongiovanni P, Meroni M, Graham MJ, Yates KP, Diehl AM, Schwabe RF, Tabas I, Valenti L, Lavine JE, Pajvani UB. Hepatocyte Notch activation induces liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Sci Transl Med. 2018 Nov 21;10(468):eaat0344. PMC6822168

2017

Ajmera V, Perito ER, Bass NM, Terrault N, Yates KP, Gill R, Loomba R, Diehl AM, Aouizerat BE, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Novel plasma biomarkers associated with liver disease severity in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2017 Jan;65(1):65-77. Epub 2016 Oct 12. PMC5191932

Manning P, Murphy P, Wang K, Hooker J, Wolfson T, Middleton MS, Newton KP, Behling C, Awai HI, Durelle J, Paiz MN, Angeles JE, De La Pena D, McCutchan JA, Schwimmer JB, Sirlin CB. Liver histology and diffusion-weighted MRI in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A MAGNET study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Oct;46(4):1149-1158. Epub 2017 Feb 22. PMC5568908

Middleton MS, Heba ER, Hooker CA, Bashir M, Fowler KJ, Sandrasegaran K, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Doo E, Tonascia J, Lavine JE, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal A, Loomba R, Sirlin CB, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Agreement between magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction measurements and pathologist-assigned steatosis grades of liver biopsies from adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology. 2017 Sep;153(3):753-761. Epub 2017 Jun 15. PMC5695870

Newton KP, Feldman HS, Chambers CD, Wilson L, Behling C, Clark JM, Molleston JP, Chalasani N, Sanyal AJ, Whitington PF, Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Low and high birth weights are risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children. J Pediatr. 2017 Aug;187:141-146.e1. Epub 2017 Mar 30. PMC5533631

Perito ER, Ajmera V, Bass NM, Rosenthal P, Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, Diehl AM, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Scheimann A, Yates KP, Gill R, Glidden D, Aouizerat B, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Associations between cytokines and liver histology in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatol Commun. 2017 Sep;1(7):609-622. Epub 2017 Jul 17. PMC5679472

Schwimmer JB, Angeles JE, Paiz M, Durelle J, De La Pena DG, Africa J, Newton KP, Behling C, Brunt EM, Lavine JE, Abrams SH, Barlow SE, Masand P, Krishnamurthy R, Wong K, Ehman RL, Yin M, Glaser KJ, Dzyubak B, Wolfson T, Gamst AC, Hooker J, Hooker C, Haufe W, Schlein A, Hamilton G, Middleton MS, Sirlin CB. Magnetic Resonance Elastography Measured Shear Stiffness as a Biomarker of Fibrosis  in Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology. 2017 Nov;66(5):1474-1485. Epub 2017 Oct 9. PMC5650504

Wattacheril J, Lavine JE, Chalasani NP, Guo X, Kwon S, Schwimmer J, Molleston JP, Loomba R, Brunt EM, Chen Y-D I, Goodarzi MO, Taylor KD, Yates KP, Tonascia J, Rotter JI. Genome wide associations related to hepatic histology in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic boys. J Pediatr. 2017 Nov;190:100-107.e2. Epub 2017 Sep 14. PMC5690841

Yang JD, Abdelmalek MF, Guy CD, Gill RM, Lavine JE, Yates K, Klair J, Terrault NA, Clark JM, Unalp-Arida A, Diehl AM, Suzuki A, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Patient sex, reproductive status, and synthetic hormone use associated with histologic severity of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jan;15(1):127-131.e2. Epub 2016 Aug 12. PMC5161542

Yates KP, Deppe R, Comerford M, Masuoka H, Cummings OW, Tonascia J, Chalasani N, Vuppalanchi R, for the NASH CRN. Serum high mobility group box 1 protein levels are not associated with either histological severity or treatment response in children and adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. PLOS ONE. 2017 Nov 2;12(11):e0185813. eCollection 2017. PMC5667763 

2016

Kanwar P, Nelson J, Yates K, Unalp-Arida A, Kowdley KV. Associations between metabolic syndrome and liver histology among nondiabetic patients with NAFLD. BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 2016 Nov 9;3(1):e000114. eCollection 2016. PMC5128831

Klair JS, Yang JD, Abdelmalek MF, Guy CD, Gill RM, Yates K, Unalp-Arida A, Lavine J, Clark J, Diehl AM, Suzuki A, for the NASH CRN. A longer duration of estrogen deficiency increases fibrosis risk among postmenopausal women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2016 Jul;64(1):85-91. Epub 2016 Apr 5. PMC4917418

Nelson JE, Handa P, Aouizerat B, Wilson L, Vemulakonda LA, Yeh MM, Kowdley KV, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Increased Parenchymal Damage and Steatohepatitis in Caucasian Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients with Common IL1B and IL6 Polymorphisms. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Dec;44(11-12):1253-1264. Epub 2016 Oct 11. PMC5118184 

Nelson JE, Roth CL, Wilson LA, Yates KP, Aouizerat B, Morgan-Stevenson V, Whalen E, Hoofnagle A, Mason M, Gersuk V, Yeh MM, Kowdley KV, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Vitamin D Deficiency is associated with Increased Risk of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: possible role for MAPK and NF-kB?  Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Jun;111(6):852-63. Epub 2016 Mar 22. PMC5361650

Newton K, Hou J, Crimmins NA, Lavine JE, Barlow SE, Xanthakos SA, Africa J, Behling C, Donithan M, Clark JM, Schwimmer JB, for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. JAMA Pediatrics. 22016 Oct 3; 170(10):e161971. Epub 2016 Oct 3. PMC5479314

Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, Wilson LA, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Xanthakos SA, Kohli R, Barlow SE, Vos MB, Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Whitington PF, Rosenthal P, Jain AK, Murray KF, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Van Natta ML, Clark JM, Tonascia J, Doo E, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. In children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cysteamine bitartrate delayed release improves liver enzymes but does not reduce disease activity scores. Gastroenterology. 2016 Dec;151(6):1141-1154.e9. Epub 2016 Aug 26.  PMC5124386

Yeh MM, Belt P, Brunt EM, Kowdley KV, Wilson LA, Ferrell L. Acidophil bodies in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Human Pathology. 2016 Jun;52:28-37. Epub 2016 Feb 1. PMC5304937

2015

Bazick J, Donithan M, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Kleiner D, Brunt EM, Wilson LA, Doo E, Lavine J, Tonascia J, Loomba R, for the NASH CRN. Clinical model for NASH and advanced fibrosis in adult patients with diabetes and NAFLD: Guidelines for referral in NAFLD.  Diabetes Care. 2015 Jul;38(7):1347-55. Epub 2015 Apr 17. PMC4477334

Corey KE, Vuppalanchi R, Wilson LA, Cummings OW, Chalasani N, for the NASH CRN. NASH resolution is associated with improvements in HDL and triglyceride levels but not improvement in LDL or non-HDL-C levels. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2015 Feb;41(3):301-9. Epub 2014 Nov 28. PMC4424085

Corey KE, Vuppalanchi R, Vos M, Kohli R, Molleston JP, Wilson L, Unalp-Arida A, Cummings OW, Lavine JE, Chalasani N, for the NASH CRN. Improvement in liver histology is associated with reduction in dyslipidemia in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Mar;60(3):360-7. PMC4341955

Guy CD, Suzuki A, Abdelmalek MF, Burchette JL, Diehl AM. Treatment response in the PIVENS trial is associated with decreased hedgehog pathway activity. Hepatology. 2015 Jan;61(1):98-107. Epub 2014 Aug 25. PMC4241186

Hourigan SK, Abrams S, Yates K, Pfeifer K, Torbenson M, Murray K, Roth CL, Kowdley K, Scheimann A, for the NASH CRN. The relationship between vitamin D status and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Mar;60(3):396-404. PMC4341959

Neuschwander-Tetri B, Loomba R, Sanyal AJ, Lavine JE, Van Natta ML, Abdelmalek MF, Chalasani N, Dasarathy S, Diehl AM, Hameed B, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Terrault N, Clark JM, Tonascia J,  Brunt EM,  Kleiner DE, Doo E, for the NASH CRN. Farnesoid X nuclear receptor ligand obeticholic acid for non-cirrhotic, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (FLINT): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.  Lancet. 2015 Mar 14;385(9972):956-65. Epub 2014 Nov 7. PMC4447192 

2014

Athinarayanan S, Wei R, Zhang M, Bai S, Traber MG, Yates K, Cummings OW, Molleston J, Liu W, Chalasani N.  Genetic polymorphism of cytochrome P450 4F2, vitamin E level and histological response in adults and children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease who participated in PIVENS and TONIC clinical trials.  PLoS One. 2014 Apr 23;9(4):e95366. eCollection 2014. PMC3997354

Bambha K, Wilson LA, Unalp A, Loomba R, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Brunt EM, Bass NM; for the NASH CRN. Coffee consumption in NAFLD patients with lower insulin resistance is associated with lower risk of severe fibrosis. Liver International. 2014 Sep;34(8):1250-8. Epub 2013 Nov 24. PMC4010559 

Molleston JP, Schwimmer JB, Yates KP, Murray KF, Cummings OW, Lavine JE, Brunt EM, Scheimann AO, Unalp-Arida A, for the NASH CRN. Histologic abnormalities in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and normal or mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase levels. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr;164(4):707-713.e3. Epub 2013 Dec 19. PMC3962701 

Schwimmer JB, Zepeda A, Newton KP, Xanthakos SA, Behling C, Hallinan EK, Donithan M, Tonascia J, for the NASH CRN. Longitudinal assessment of high blood pressure in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 24;9(11):e112569. eCollection 2014. PMC4242611

Siddique A, Nelson JE, Aouizerat B, Yeh MM, Kowdley KV, for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Iron deficiency in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity, female sex, elevated serum IL6 and IL1β levels and decreased serum hepcidin levels. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jul;12(7):1170-8. PMC4028425

Vuppalanchi RJ, Jain AK, Deppe R, Yates K, Comerford M, Masuoka HC, et al. Relationship between changes in serum levels of keratin 18 and changes in liver histology  in children and adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Dec;12(12):2121-30.e1-2. Epub 2014 May 17. PMC4830682 

2013

Chen Q-R, Braun R, Hu Y, Yan C, Brunt E, Meerzaman D, Sanyal A, Buetow K. Multi-SNP analysis of GWAS data identifies pathways associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 19;8(7):e69023. PMC3716806

Hoofnagle JH, Van Natta ML, Kleiner DE, Clark JM, Kowdley KV, Loomba R, et al. for the NASH CRN. Vitamin E and changes in serum alanine aminotransferase levels in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jul;38(2):134-43. Epub 2013 May 29. PMC3775262

Noureddin M, Yates KP, Vaughn IA, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Sanyal AJ, McCullough A, et al. for the NASH CRN. Clinical and histological determinants of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and advanced fibrosis in elderly patients. Hepatology. 2013 Nov;58(5):1644-54. Epub 2013 Oct 2. PMC3760979

St-Jules DE, Watters CA, Brunt EM, Wilkens LR, Novotny R, Belt P, Lavine JE, for the NASH CRN. Estimation of fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Nov;57(5):627-33. PMC3864540

Tang A, Tan J, Sun M, Hamilton G, Bydder M, Wolfson T, et al. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: MR imaging of liver proton density fat fraction to assess hepatic steatosis. Radiology. 2013 May;267(2):422-31. Epub 2013 Feb 4. PMC3632805

2012

Bambha K, Belt P, Abraham M, Wilson LA, Pabst M, Ferrell L, Unalp-Arida A, Bass N; for the Nonalcholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Ethnicity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology. 2012 Mar;55(3):769-80. PMC3278533

Bell LN, Wang J, Muralidharan S, Chalasani S, Fullenkamp AM, Wilson LA, et al. Relationship between adipose tissue insulin resistance and liver histology in NASH: a PIVENS follow-up study. Hepatology. . 2012 Oct;56(4):1311-8. Epub 2012 Aug 21. PMC3432683

Cheng JF, Joyce A, Yates K, and Sanyal AJ for the NASH CRN. Metabolomic profiling to identify predictors of response to vitamin E for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44106. Epub 2012 Sep 19. PMC3446974

Dunn W, Sanyal AJ, Brunt EM, Unalp-Arida A, Donohue M, McCullough AJ, and Schwimmer JB; for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Modest alcohol consumption is associated with decreased prevalence of steatohepatitis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). J Hepatol. 2012 Aug;57(2):384-91. Epub 2012 Apr 17. PMC3399018

Guerrerio AL, Colvin RM, Schwartz AK, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Diehl AM, et al. Choline intake in a large cohort of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr;95(4):892-900. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PMC3302364

Guy CD, Suzuki A, Burchette JL, Brunt EM, Abdelmalek MF, Cardona D, et al. Costaining for keratins 8/18 plus ubiquitin improves detection of hepatocyte injury in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Human Pathology. 2012 Jun;43(6):790-800. Epub 2011 Oct 28. PMC3288773

Guy CD, Suzuki A, Zdanowicz M, Abdelmalek MF, Burchette J, Unalp A, Diehl AM; for the NASH CRN. Hedgehog pathway activation parallels histologic severity of injury and fibrosis in human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2012 Jun;55(6):1711-21. Epub 2012 Apr 18. PMC3499103

Kowdley KV, Belt P, Wilson LA, Yeh MM, Neuschwander-Tetri B, Chalasani N, et al.; for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Serum ferritin is an independent predictor of histologic severity and advanced fibrosis among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2012 Jan;55(1):77-85. Epub 2011 Dec 6. PMC3245347

Loomba R, Abraham M, Unalp A, Wilson L, Lavine J, Doo E, Bass NM; and the NASH Clinical Research Network. Association between diabetes, family history of diabetes, and risk of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis. Hepatology. 2012 Sep;56(3):943-51. Epub 2012 Jul 26. PMC3407289

Nelson JE, Brunt EM, Kowdley KV; for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Lower serum hepcidin and greater parenchymal iron in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients with C282Y HFE mutations. Hepatology. 2012 Nov;56(5):1730-40. Epub 2012 Sep 20.  PMC3462887

Suzuki A, Abdelmalek MF, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, Scheimann A, Unalp-Arida A, et al.; for the NASH CRN. Association between puberty and features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jul;10(7):786-94. Epub 2012 Feb 14. PMC3382041

Vos MB, Colvin R, Belt P, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P, et al.; on behalf of the NASH CRN Research Group. Correlation of Vitamin E, uric acid, and diet composition with histologic features of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Pediatri Gastrenterol Nutr. 2012 Jan;54(1):90-6. PMC3208079

Vuppalanchi R, Gould RJ, Wilson LA, Unalp-Arida A, Cummings OW, Chalasani N, et al. Clinical significance of serum autoantibodies in patients with NAFLD: results from the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical research network. Hepatology International. 2012 Jan;6(1):379-85. Epub 2011 May 10. PMC3511661

2011

Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Wilson LA, Belt P, Neuschwander-Tetri BA; for the NASH Clinical Research Network (CRN). Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Activity Score and the histopathologic diagnosis in NAFLD: Distinct clinicopathologic meanings. Hepatology. 2011 Mar;53(3):810-20. Epub 2011 Feb 11. PMC3079483

Gill RM, Belt P, Wilson L, Bass NM, Ferrell LD. Centrizonal Arteries and Microvessels in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Am J Surg Path. 2011 Sep;35(9):1400-4. PMC3156381

Hamilton G, Yokoo T, Bydder M, Cruite I, Schroeder ME, Sirlin CB, and Middleton MS.  In vivo characterization of the liver fat 1H MR spectrum. NMR Biomed. 2011 Aug;24(7):784-90. Epub 2010 Dec 12. PMC3860876

Hirschey MD, Shimazu T, Jing E, Grueter CA, Collins AM, Aouizerat B, et al. SIRT3 Deficiency and Mitochondrial Protein Hyperacetylation Accelerate the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome. Molecular Cell. 2011 Oct 21;44(2):177-90. PMC3563434

Kang GH, Cruite I, Shiehmorteza M, Wolfson T, Gamst AC, Hamilton G, Bydder M, Middleton MS, Sirlin CB. Reproducibility of MRI-determined proton density fat fraction across two different MR scanner platforms. J Magn Reson Imaging, 2011 Oct;34(4):928-34. Epub 2011 Jul 18. PMC4803481

Kistler KD, Brunt EM, Clark JM, Diehl AM, Sallis JF, and Schwimmer JB; for the NASH CRN Research Group. Physical activity recommendations, exercise intensity, and histological severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Mar;106(3):460-8; quiz 469. Epub 2011 Jan 4. PMC3070294

Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, Van Natta ML, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P, et al. Effect of Vitamin E or Metformin for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents.  The TONIC Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA. 2011 Apr 27;305(16):1659-68. PMC3110082

Nelson JE, Wilson L, Brunt EM, Yeh MM, Kleiner DE, Unalp-Arida A, Kowdley KV; and the NASH CRN. Relationship between the pattern of hepatic iron deposition and histological severity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2011 Feb;53(2):448-57. Epub 2010 Nov 29. PMC3058264

Speliotes EK, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Wu J, Hernaez R, Kim LJ, Palmer CD, et al. Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits. PLoS Genetics. 2011 Mar;7(3):e1001324. Epub 2011 Mar 10. PMC3053321

Tandra S, Yeh MM, Brunt EM, Vuppalanchi R, Cummings OW, Unalp-Arida A, et al. Presence and significance of microvesicular steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Hepatol. 2011 Sep;55(3):654-659. Epub 2010 Dec 21. PMC3139780

Yokoo T, Shiehmorteza M, Hamilton G, Wolfson T, Schroeder ME, Middleton MS, et al. Estimation of hepatic proton-density fat fraction by using MR imaging at 3.0T. Radiology, 2011 Mar;258(3):749-59. Epub 2011 Jan 6. PMC3042639

Zein CO, Unalp A, Colvin R, Liu YC, McCullough AJ; for the NASH CRN. Smoking and increased severity of hepatic fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Hepatol. 2011 Apr;54(4):753-9. Epub 2010 Sep 22. PMC3060962

2010

Abdelmalek MF, Suzuki A, Guy C, Unalp-Arida A, Colvin R, Johnson RJ, and Diehl AM; for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Increased fructose consumption is associated with fibrosis severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2010 Jun;51(6):1961-71. PMC2922495

Chalasani N, Guo X, Loomba R, Goodarzi MO, Haritunians T, Kwon S, Cui J, Taylor KD, Wilson L, Cummings OW, Chen YD, Rotter JI; and the NASH CRN. Genome-wide association study identifies variants associated with histologic features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.  Gastroenterology. 2010 Nov;139(5):1567-76, 1576.e1-6. Epub 2010 Aug 11.  PMC2967576

Kistler KD, Molleston J, Unalp A, Abrams SH, Behling C, and Schwimmer JB; for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN. Symptoms and quality of life in obese children and adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Feb 1;31(3):396-406. Epub 2009 Oct 23. PMC2807909

Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB, Molleston JP, Scheimann AO, Murray KF, Abrams SH, Rosenthal P, Sanyal AJ, Robuck PR, Brunt EM, Unalp A, Tonascia J; and the NASH CRN Research Group. Treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children: TONIC trial design.  Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2010 Jan;31(1):62-70. Epub 2009 Sep 15. PMC2936451

Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Clark JM, Bass NM, Van Natta ML, Unalp-Arida A, Tonascia J, Zein CO, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, McCullough AJ, Sanyal AJ, Diehl AM, Lavine JE, Chalasani N, and Kowdley KV; for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Clinical, laboratory, and histological associations in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2010 Sep;52(3):913-24. PMC3070295

Patton HM, Yates K, Unalp-Arida A, Behling CA, Huang T, Rosenthal P, Sanyal AJ, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE; and the NASH CRN. Association between metabolic syndrome and liver histology among children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Sep;105(9):2093-102. Epub 2010 Apr 6. PMC3070291

Rotman Y, Koh C, Zmuda JM, Kleiner DE, Liang TJ; and the NASH CRN. The association of genetic variability in PNPLA3 with histological severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2010 Sep;52(3):894-903. PMC2932770

Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Diehl AM, Bass NM, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Lavine JE, Tonascia J, Unalp A, Van Natta M, Clark J, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Hoofnagle JH, and Robuck PR; for the NASH CRN. Pioglitazone, Vitamin E, or Placebo for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. New Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1675-85. Epub 2010 Apr 28. PMC2928471

Speliotes EK, Butler JL, Palmer CD, Voight BF, the GIANT Consortium, the MIGen Consortium, the NASH CRN, Hirschhorn JN. PNPLA3 variants specifically confer increased risk for histologic nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but not metabolic disease. Hepatology. 2010 Sep;52(3):904-12. PMC3070300

Suzuki A, Abdelmalek MF, Unalp-Arida A, Yates K, Sanyal AJ, Guy CD, Diehl AM. Regional anthropometric measures and hepatic fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Dec;8(12):1062-9. Epub 2010 Aug 20. PMC3089422

2009

Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Wilson LA, Unalp A, Behling CE, Lavine JE, Neuschwander-Tetri BA; and the NASH Clinical Research Network. Portal chronic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD):  A histologic marker of advanced NAFLD -- Clinicopathologic correlations from the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Hepatology. 2009 Mar;49(3):809-20. PMC2928479

Chalasani NP, Sanyal AJ, Kowdley KV, Robuck PR, Hoofnagle J, Kleiner DE, Ünalp A, Tonascia J, for the NASH CRN Research Group: Pioglitazone versus Vitamin E versus placebo for the treatment of non-alcoholic patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: PIVENS Trial Design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 Jan;30(1):88-96. Epub 2008 Sep 10. PMC2929909

David K, Kowdley KV, Unalp A, Kanwal F, Brunt EM, Schwimmer JB; and the NASH CRN Research Group. Quality of life in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Baseline data from the NASH CRN. Hepatology. 2009 Jun;49(6):1904-12. PMC2692572

Feldstein AE, Wieckowska A, Lopez AR, Liu Y-C, Zein NN, and McCullough AJ. Cytokeratin-18 Fragment Levels as Noninvasive Biomarkers for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A multicenter Validation Study. Hepatology. 2009 Oct;50(4):1072-8. PMC2757511

Hamilton G, Middleton MS, Bydder M, Yokoo T, Schwimmer JB, Kono Y, Patton HM, Lavine JE, and Sirlin CB. Effect of PRESS and STEAM sequences on magnetic resonance spectroscopic liver fat quantification. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Jul;30(1):145-52. PMC2982807

Shah AG, Lydecker A, Murray K, Tetri BN, Contos MJ, Sanyal AJ; and NASH Clinical Research Network. Use of FIB4 Index for non-invasive evaluation of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Oct;7(10):1104-12. Epub 2009 Jun 10. PMC3079239

Yokoo T,  Bydder M, Hamilton G, Middleton MS, Gamst AC, Wolfson T, et al. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Diagnostic and Fat-Grading Accuracy of Low-Flip-Angle Multiecho Gradient-Recalled-Echo MR Imaging at 1.5T. Radiology. 2009 Apr;251(1):67-76. Epub 2009 Feb 12. PMC2663579

2008

Bahl M, Qayyum A, Westphalen AC, Noworolski SM, Chu PW, Ferrell L, et al: Liver steatosis: investigation of opposed-phase T1-weighted liver MR signal intensity loss and visceral fat measurement as biomarkers. Radiology. 2008 Oct;249(1):160-6. PMC2657853

Bydder M, Yokoo T, Hamilton G, Middleton MS, Chavez AD, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE, Sirlin CB. Relaxation effects in the quantification of fat using gradient echo imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2008 Apr;26(3):347-59. Epub 2008 Feb 21. PMC2386876

Chalasani N, Wilson L, Kleiner DE, Cummings OW, Brunt EM, Unalp A; for the NASH Clinical Research Network. Relationship of steatosis grade and zonal location to histological features of steatohepatitis in adult patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. J Hepatol. 2008 May;48(5):829-34. Epub 2008 Feb 12. PMC2346454

Krasnoff JB, Painter PL, Wallace JP, Bass NM, Merriman RB. Health-related fitness and physical activity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology. 2008 Apr;47(4):1158-66. PMC3096839

Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Unalp A, Creer M, Seeff L. The upper limits of normal for serum ALT levels reported by clinical laboratories depend on local reference populations. Arch Int Med. 2008 Mar 24;168(6):663-6. PMC3670191

Patton H, Lavine J, Van Natta ML, Schwimmer J, Kleiner D, Molleston J; and the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). Clinical correlates of histopathology in pediatric nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Gastroenterology. 2008 Dec;135(6):1961-1971.e2. Epub 2008 Sep 3. PMC2628583

2007

Westphalen A, Qayyum A, Yeh BM, Merriman RB, Lee JA, Lamba A, et al.  Liver Fat: Effect of hepatic iron deposition on evaluation with opposed-phase MR imaging. Radiology. 2007 Feb;242(2):450-5. PMID: 17255416

2006

Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB. Clinical research network launches TONIC trial for treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Feb;42(2):129-30. PMID: 16456401.  

Patton HM, Sirlin C, Behling C, Middleton M, Schwimmer JB, Lavine JE. Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a critical appraisal of current data and implications for future research. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Oct;43(4):413-27. PMID: 17033514

2005

Kleiner DE, Brunt EM, Van Natta M, Behling C, Contos MJ, Cummings OW et. al.; for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Design and validation of a histologic scoring system for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Hepatology. 2005 Jun;41(6):1313-21. PMID: 15915461

2003

Lavine JE, Schwimmer JB for the NASH CRN: Pediatric initiatives within the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Sep;37(3):220-1. PMID: 12971361

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network. Hepatology. 2003 Feb;37(2):244. PMID: 12540771


 

 

 

 

 

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