Cholankeril Rosann, Patel Vikram, Perumpail Brandon J, Yoo Eric R, Iqbal Umair, Sallam Sandy, Shah Neha D, Kwong Waiyee, Kim Donghee, Ahmed Aijaz
Department of Medicine, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA.
Diseases. 2018 Oct 3;6(4):93. doi: 10.3390/diseases6040093.
As a chronic disease encompassing a wide spectrum of liver-related histologic damage, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a global epidemic with significant impacts on all-cause morbidity and mortality. Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus predispose individuals to NAFLD and related complications. Therefore, timely intervention with anti-diabetic medications may prevent and delay the development of NAFLD or have a therapeutic implication. The focus of this review is to evaluate the evidence supporting the efficacy of anti-diabetic medications in the treatment of NAFLD. While many of these anti-diabetic agents have shown to improve biochemical parameters, their effect on hepatic histology is limited. Among anti-diabetic medications, only thiazolidinediones and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists demonstrate significant improvement in hepatic histology.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)作为一种涵盖广泛肝脏相关组织学损伤的慢性疾病,正成为一种全球性流行病,对全因发病率和死亡率产生重大影响。胰岛素抵抗和2型糖尿病使个体易患NAFLD及相关并发症。因此,及时使用抗糖尿病药物进行干预可能预防和延缓NAFLD的发展或具有治疗意义。本综述的重点是评估支持抗糖尿病药物治疗NAFLD疗效的证据。虽然这些抗糖尿病药物中的许多已显示可改善生化指标,但其对肝脏组织学的影响有限。在抗糖尿病药物中,只有噻唑烷二酮类和胰高血糖素样肽-1受体激动剂可使肝脏组织学有显著改善。