Hepatocellular death is an important process for liver homoeostasis by elimination and replacement of impaired hepatocytes. Hepatocellular death occurs little under normal conditions in the healthy liver, and it plays a key role as a trigger of liver regeneration; meanwhile, hepatic steatosis increases hepatocellular death during liver regeneration, exacerbating both acute and chronic liver damage.
Astrazeneca AB and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. have divulged NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of liver, autoimmune and inflammatory bowel disease, inflammation, respiratory, cardiovascular and renal disorders.
Exegi Pharma LLC has received FDA clearance of its IND application for EXE-346, allowing the company to initiate a clinical trial to evaluate EXE-346 in the management of excessive stool frequency in patients with an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA, J-Pouch).
Researchers from University Medical Center Utrecht and Yale University School of Medicine have recently described two novel, strictly anaerobic Allobaculum strains, 128T and 539T, isolated from the feces of humans with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Shanghai Leadopharma Technology Co. Ltd. has presented transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1 (TRPA1) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, pain and inflammation.
Researchers from Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology have published details on the discovery of novel nonsteroidal farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
SFA Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to investigate SFA-001N in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with or without fibrosis.
Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a rare JAG1 (encodes for a Notch ligand) autosomal dominant disease affecting approximately 1 in 30,000-40,000 individuals. ALGS developmental defects cause an absence of bile ducts (intrahepatic duct paucity, IHDP) with an inability to transport bile from the liver to bile ducts (cholestasis) as well as heart problems.
Obesity and chronic inflammation in the liver trigger the most severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), steatohepatitis. Scientists at the University of Texas (UT) have shown how damaged hepatocytes accumulated in the liver after a vicious cycle of cytokine expression induced shedding of a critical liver receptor.
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