Pre-transplant hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) is associated with chronic graft-vs-host disease but not mortality

Allogeneic-HCT (allo-HCT), while potentially curative, can result in significant complications including graft versus host disease (GVHD). Prior studies suggest that metabolic syndrome may be one risk factor for GVHD. We hypothesized that hepatic steatosis on pre-HCT computed tomography (CT) scans m...

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Main Authors: Ko Maung, Sendhilnathan Ramalingam, Mohammad Chaudhry, Yi Ren, Sin-Ho Jung, Kristi Romero, Kelly Corbet, Nelson J. Chao, Taewoong Choi, Anna Mae Diehl, Louis Diehl, Cristina Gasparetto, Mitchell Horwitz, Gwynn Douglas Long, Richard D. Lopez, David A. Rizzieri, Stefanie Sarantopoulos, Keith M. Sullivan, Mustafa R. Bashir, Anthony D. Sung, Gianfranco D. Alpini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485815/?tool=EBI