Liver fibrosis in children: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy

Autor: Elif Ozdogan, Cigdem Arikan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, Vol 66, Iss 3, Pp 110-124 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2713-4148
DOI: 10.3345/cep.2022.00367
Popis: Chronic liver disease incidence is increasing among children worldwide due to a multitude of epidemiological changes. Most of these chronic insults to the pediatric liver progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis to different degrees. Liver and immune physiology differs significantly in children from adults. Because most of pediatric liver diseases have no definitive therapy, a better understanding of population and disease-specific fibrogenesis is mandatory. Furthermore, fibrosis development has prognostic significance and often guide treatment. Evaluation of liver fibrosis continues to rely on the gold-standard liver biopsy. However, many high-quality studies put forward the high diagnostic accuracy of numerous diagnostic modalities in this setting. Herein, we summarize and discuss the recent literature on fibrogenesis with an emphasis on pediatric physiology along with a detailed outline of disease-specific signatures, noninvasive diagnostic modalities, and the potential for antifibrotic therapies.
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