Interactions of physical activity, muscular fitness, adiposity, and genetic risk for NAFLD

Theresia M. Schnurr, Sophia Figueroa Katz, Johanne M. Justesen, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Peter Saliba‐Gustafsson, Themistocles L. Assimes, Ivan Carcamo‐Orive, Aijaz Ahmed, Euan A. Ashley, Torben Hansen, Joshua W. Knowles – 14 March 2022 – Genetic predisposition and unhealthy lifestyle are risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We investigated whether the genetic risk of NAFLD is modified by physical activity, muscular fitness, and/or adiposity.

Long‐term follow‐up of living liver donors: A single‐center experience

Ehab E. Abdel‐Khalek, Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab, Mohamed H. Elgazzar, Mahmoud A. Khattab, Abdel‐Hady El‐Gilany, Hesham M. Elgouhari, Ahmed Shehta – 14 March 2022 – Living donors are healthy individuals who are exposed to a major surgical procedure during which a major part of their liver is resected. Data on the long‐term consequences of living liver donation are scarce. This study examined clinical, laboratory, and long‐term health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in 237 living liver donors and 239 matched controls during 48–168 months of postdonation follow‐up.

Portal fibroblasts with mesenchymal stem cell features form a reservoir of proliferative myofibroblasts in liver fibrosis

Lin Lei, Alix Bruneau, Haquima El Mourabit, Justine Guégan, Trine Folseraas, Sara Lemoinne, Tom Hemming Karlsen, Bénédicte Hoareau, Romain Morichon, Ester Gonzalez‐Sanchez, Claire Goumard, Vlad Ratziu, Pierre Charbord, Jérémie Gautheron, Frank Tacke, Thierry Jaffredo, Axelle Cadoret, Chantal Housset – 11 March 2022

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