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INTRODUCTION:Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a central role in the general pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), increasing the risk of developing steatosis and subsequent hepatocellular inflammation. We aimed to assess hepatic mitochondrial function by a non-invasive (13)C-methionine breath test (MeBT) in patients with histologically proven NAFLD. METHODS:118 NAFLD-patients and 18 healthy controls were examined by MeBT. Liver biopsy specimens were evaluated according to the NASH scoring system. RESULTS:Higher grades of NASH activity and fibrosis were independently associated with a significant decrease in cumulative (13)C-exhalation (expressed as cPDR(%)). cPDR (1.5h) was markedly declined in patients with NASH and NASH cirrhosis compared to patients with simple steatosis or borderline diagnosis (cPDR1.5h: 3.24 ± 1.12% and 1.32 ± 0.94% vs. 6.36 ± 0.56% and 4.80 ± 0.88% respectively; p<0.001). (13)C-exhalation further declined in the presence of advanced fibrosis which was correlated with NASH activity (r = 0.36). The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) for NASH diagnosis was estimated to be 0.87 in the total cohort and 0.83 in patients with no or mild fibrosis (F0-1). CONCLUSION:The (13)C-methionine breath test indicates mitochondrial dysfunction in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and predicts higher stages of disease activity. It may, therefore, be a valuable diagnostic addition for longitudinal monitoring of hepatic (mitochondrial) function in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Eur J Med Resjournal_title
European journal of medical researchauthors
Banasch M,Ellrichmann M,Tannapfel A,Schmidt WE,Goetze Odoi
10.1186/2047-783x-16-6-258subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-06-21 00:00:00pages
258-64issue
6eissn
0949-2321issn
2047-783Xjournal_volume
16pub_type
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