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Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Chronic Viral Hepatitis: The Interlink

Version 1 : Received: 13 November 2023 / Approved: 13 November 2023 / Online: 14 November 2023 (05:28:01 CET)

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Fernandez, C.J.; Alkhalifah, M.; Afsar, H.; Pappachan, J.M. Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Chronic Viral Hepatitis: The Interlink. Pathogens 2024, 13, 68. Fernandez, C.J.; Alkhalifah, M.; Afsar, H.; Pappachan, J.M. Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Chronic Viral Hepatitis: The Interlink. Pathogens 2024, 13, 68.

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has now affected nearly one third of global population and became the number one cause of chronic liver disease in the world because of the obesity pandemic. Chronic hepatitis resulting from hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) also remain significant challenges to liver health even in the 21st century. The coexistence of MAFLD and chronic viral hepatitis can markedly alter the disease course of individual diseases and can complicate the management of each of these disorders. Thorough understanding of the pathobiological interlink and interactions between MAFLD and these two chronic viral hepatitis infections are crucial for appropriate management of patients. We update these interlinks in this comprehensive clinical review.

Keywords

metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD); chronic viral hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Hepatitis C virus; Hepatic Fibrosis; Cirrhosis; and Hepatocellular carcinoma

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Endocrinology and Metabolism

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