Serum autotaxin is a prognostic indicator of liver-related events in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Abstract Background Circulating autotaxin (ATX) levels have been reported to correlate with liver inflammation activity and liver fibrosis severity in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The objective of this study is to investigate whether serum ATX could predict liver-related...

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Main Authors: Takanobu Iwadare, Takefumi Kimura, Taiki Okumura, Shun-ichi Wakabayashi, Taro Nakajima, Shohei Kondo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Yamashita, Ayumi Sugiura, Naoyuki Fujimori, Tomoo Yamazaki, Hideo Kunimoto, Satoshi Shimamoto, Koji Igarashi, Satoru Joshita, Naoki Tanaka, Takeji Umemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Communications Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00499-7