Association between positivity of serum autoantibodies and liver disease severity in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD

Some previous studies reported serum autoantibody positivity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The clinical significance of these findings remains uncertain. We aimed to investigate the association between the presence of serum autoantibodies and liver disease severity in NAFLD.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - October 13, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Yu-Jie Zhou, Kenneth I. Zheng, Hong-Lei Ma, Gang Li, Xiao-Yan Pan, Pei-Wu Zhu, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Xiao-Dong Wang, Yong-Ping Chen, Xiao-Bo Li, Ming-Hua Zheng Source Type: research