Background & aim: Dyslipidemia, characterized by hyper-cholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia, is a central component of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) pathogenesis. While being highly instrumental in drug development, preclinical models of MASH often fail to recapitulate a human-like lipoprotein profile. To enhance…
Background & aim: Histopathological fibrosis staging is a key endpoint in preclinical drug development for MASH. However, the MASH CRN (Kleiner) system assigns one global stage per biopsy, potentially obscuring subtle treatment-related collagen remodelling and tissue heterogeneity. We developed an…
Background & aim: The long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide was recently approved as the first GLP-1–based therapy for people with MASH and moderate-to-severe fibrosis. Clinical studies have demonstrated that semaglutide not only improves liver histology but also reverses…
Background & aim: Bulk RNA-sequencing has limited cellular-level insight into metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and its progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by masking rare and tumor-relevant populations. Here, we used single-cell transcriptomics to characterize liver cell-specific transcriptomic changes in the GAN…
Background & aim: Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) plays a key role in hepatic lipid metabolism and holds great promise as therapeutic target for metabolic dysfunctionassociated steatohepatitis (MASH). Efruxifermin (EFX) is a long acting FGF21 analogue currently in phase 3…
Background & aim: The long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) receptor agonist semaglutide was recently approved as the first GLP-1–based therapy for people with MASH and moderate-to-severe fibrosis. Clinical studies have demonstrated that semaglutide not only improves liver histology but also reverses…
Background & aim: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have emerged as promising therapeutic candidates for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Importantly, semaglutide was recently approved as the first GLP-1-based treatment for people with MASH with moderate-to-severe fibrosis. Translational models that recapitulate…
Background & aim: Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) plays a key role in hepatic lipid metabolism and holds great promise as therapeutic target for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Efruxifermin (EFX) is a long-acting FGF21 analogue currently in phase 3 clinical…
Background & aim: NLT-101 is a first-in-class compound that functions by proximity engagement with a target in the nuclear envelope that mediates its activity. NLT-101 is in preclinical development for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrosis driven indications. The present…
