Pancreas

Research Hotspot & Journal Scope - Fibrosis

The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis score (ELF) and the FibroMeterV2G are two specialized blood fibrosis tests which include direct markers of liver fibrosis.

Nonetheless, all studies so far point towards the same association between sarcopenia and NAFLD, including an association with NAFLD‐severity and NAFLD‐related fibrosis.

BACKGROUND Enteral tube feeding is routinely used in many cystic fibrosis centres when oral dietary and supplement intake has failed to achieve an adequate nutritional status.

Furthermore, alogliptin significantly relieved the hepatic fibrosis in CCl4-induced liver fibrosis mouse model.

In this issue of Blood , Wakahashi et al provide compelling evidence in mouse models for the roles of the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) and bone marrow macrophages as critical downstream effectors of bone marrow fibrosis.