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  1. Drug treatment of MASH from none to (too) many options?

    Article • Exploration of Medicine, December 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  2. Insulin Resistance at the Crossroads of Metabolic Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Organ Failure and Cancer

    Article • Biomolecules, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  3. Liver Fibrosis and the Risks of Impaired Cognition and Dementia: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Clinical Implications

    Article • December 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  4. Unraveling One-Carbon Metabolism in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Semaglutide Turns Metabolic Stress Into Metabolic Resilience

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Medicine Research, December 2025, Elmer Press, Inc.

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  5. Sex differences in alcohol-related liver disease, viral hepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma

    Article • Exploration of Digestive Diseases, November 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  6. Stopping SOAT1 sparks an immune attack on liver cancer: a metabolic-immune axis in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Article • ONCOLOGIE, November 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  7. Semaglutide from Bench to Bedside: The Experimental Journey Towards a Transformative Therapy for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Liver Disorders

    Article • Medical Sciences, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  8. Insulin Resistance at the Crossroads of Metabolic Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Organ Failure, and Cancer

    Article • November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  9. Semaglutide from Bench to Bedside: The Experimental Journey Towards a Transformative Therapy for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Liver Disorders

    Article • October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  10. Sex Hormones and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  11. Tirzepatide in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and steatohepatitis: a novel star on the horizon?

    Article • Exploration of Drug Science, September 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  12. PPARs in molecular pathogenesis and drug treatment of type 2 diabetes-related MASLD

    Article • Exploration of Digestive Diseases, September 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  13. MASLD vs. MAFLD. A narrative review

    Article • Exploration of Digestive Diseases, August 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  14. Food insecurity is an emerging risk factor for liver disease: a scoping review

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  15. The Ovary–Liver Axis: Molecular Science and Epidemiology

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  16. Widening research horizons on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and cancer

    Article • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, July 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  17. Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease and sex‐specific risk of fatal and non‐fatal cardiovascular events: A meta‐analysis

    Article • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, June 2025, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  18. Liver and obesity: a narrative review

    Article • Exploration of Medicine, June 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  19. Targeting duodenum to reverse MASLD

    Article • Exploration of Digestive Diseases, June 2025, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  20. Not all fat is alike in MASLD

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, May 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  21. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Liver Fibrosis: Clinical Evidence and Molecular Pathomechanisms

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  22. Duodenal mucosa resurfacing: the endoscopic silver bullet against metabolic disorders?

    Article • Metabolism and Target Organ Damage, March 2025, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  23. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Liver Fibrosis. Clinical Evidence and Molecular Pathomechanics

    Article • March 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  24. Cardiovascular Mortality in MASLD: A Matter of Fat. Caution in Interpreting Liver Fat Quantification in Populations With High Fibrosis Variability

    Article • Liver International Communications, February 2025, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  25. PNPLA3 as a driver of steatotic liver disease: navigating from pathobiology to the clinics via epidemiology

    Article • Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics, December 2024, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  26. Global burden of disease attributable to metabolic risk factors in adolescents and young adults aged 15–39, 1990–2021

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  27. Liver fibrosis as a barometer of systemic health by gauging the risk of extrahepatic disease

    Article • Metabolism and Target Organ Damage, November 2024, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  28. MASLD: predictive value for liver-related events and extra-hepatic complications

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  29. Intravenous lactated Ringer’s solution alone and in combination with NSAIDs in prevention of post-ERCP acute pancreatitis: an updated systematic review

    Article • Exploration of Medicine, October 2024, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  30. Clinical features and long-term outcomes of patients diagnosed with MASLD, MAFLD, or both

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, October 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  31. Copper and liver fibrosis in MASLD: the two-edged sword of copper deficiency and toxicity

    Article • Metabolism and Target Organ Damage, September 2024, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  32. Editorial - Reflecting on three years of M&TOD - Where we are and where we are going

    Article • Metabolism and Target Organ Damage, August 2024, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  33. From Hypothalamic Obesity to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Physiology Meets the Clinics via Metabolomics

    Article • Metabolites, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  34. Liver fibrosis: More than meets the eye

    Article • Annals of Hepatology, July 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  35. Does an Aspirin a Day Take the MASLD Away?

    Article • Advances in Therapy, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  36. Researchers call for more flexible editorial conduct rather than abruptly adopting only the new MASLD nomenclature

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, May 2024, Elsevier

    Clinical Chair Professor Henning Gronbaek, Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  37. PRO‐C3, liver fibrosis and CKD: The plot thickens

    Article • Liver International, April 2024, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  38. Resmetirom: Finally, the Light at the End of the NASH Tunnel?

    Article • Livers, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  39. Endpoints in NASH Clinical Trials: Are We Blind in One Eye?

    Article • Metabolites, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  40. MASLD co-aggregates with HCC in families-names change, fa(c)ts remain

    Article • Hepatoma Research, December 2023, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  41. Reactivation of latent hepatitis B infection during immunosuppressive therapy with guselkumab for plaque psoriasis: a case report

    Article • December 2023, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  42. Role of steatotic liver disease in prediction and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases

    Article • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  43. The heterogeneity of metabolic syndrome presentation and challenges this causes in its pharmacological management: a narrative review focusing on principal risk modifiers

    Article • Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, September 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  44. Principles of risk stratification in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. A narrative review emphasizing non-invasive strategies

    Article • August 2023, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  45. Iron depletion in “metabolic fatty liver syndromes”: a strong biological rationale with disappointing liver outcomes

    Article • August 2023, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  46. Shutting those revolving doors

    Article • Annals of Hepatology, July 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  47. Extra-hepatic cancers in metabolic fatty liver syndromes

    Article • February 2023, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  48. Rewriting the natural history of MAFLD on the basis of cardiovascular risk assessment

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, February 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  49. Digging the metabolic roots of NASH up

    Article • Life Metabolism, December 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  50. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Clinical and Research Implications

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  51. Metabolic mechanisms for and treatment of NAFLD or NASH occurring after liver transplantation

    Article • Nature Reviews Endocrinology, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  52. Precision medicine in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, July 2022, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  53. Metabolomic signature: one step forward in the process of obtaining NAFLD patients’ metabolic identity card

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  54. Separating the apples from the oranges: from NAFLD heterogeneity to personalized medicine

    Article • Exploration of Medicine, October 2021, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  55. Back to the future: From the history of NAFLD to MAFLD to heterogeneity of disease

    Article • Clinical and Translational Discovery, October 2021, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  56. How Much Vitamin D is Too Much? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Article • Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets, September 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira, Manuela Simoni, Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  57. Clearing hepatitis C virus with direct antiviral agents reduces cardiovascular events in patients with prediabetes. Commentary to Sasso and colleagues

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, July 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  58. Perspectives on Precision Medicine Approaches to NAFLD Diagnosis and Management

    Article • Advances in Therapy, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  59. Renaming NAFLD to MAFLD: Could the LDE System Assist in This Transition?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  60. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Article • Metabolites, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  61. Liver Fibrosis Biomarkers Accurately Exclude Advanced Fibrosis and Are Associated with Higher Cardiovascular Risk Scores in Patients with NAFLD or Viral Chronic Liver Disease

    Article • Diagnostics, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  62. Precision medicine approaches in metabolic disorders and target organ damage: where are we now, and where are we going?

    Article • January 2021, OAE Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  63. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident chronic kidney disease: an updated meta-analysis

    Article • Gut, December 2020, BMJ

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  64. Semi-Quantitative Ultrasonographic Evaluation of NAFLD

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, September 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Claudio Tana, Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  65. History of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  66. Perspectives of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease research: a personal point of view

    Article • May 2020, Open Exploration Publishing

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  67. Sexual Dimorphism of NAFLD in Adults. Focus on Clinical Aspects and Implications for Practice and Translational Research

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  68. NAFLD in Some Common Endocrine Diseases: Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Principles of Diagnosis and Management

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  69. A critical appraisal of the use of ultrasound in hepatic steatosis

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Dr Giampiero Francica, stefano ballestri, Stefano Ballestri

  70. Statins and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the era of precision medicine: More friends than foes

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  71. Pathogenesis of hypothyroidism-induced NAFLD: Evidence for a distinct disease entity?

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  72. A round trip from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to diabetes: molecular targets to the rescue?

    Article • Acta Diabetologica, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  73. Telomere shortening: An innocent bystander at the crossroad of NASH with ageing and cardiometabolic risk?

    Article • Liver International, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  74. Do Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Fetuin-A Play Different Roles in Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease and Peripheral Arterial Disease?

    Article • Diseases, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  75. Hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis and NASH: Cause or consequence?

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  76. NAFLD: Is There Anything New under the Sun?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  77. Ultrasonographic fatty liver indicator detects mild steatosis and correlates with metabolic/histological parameters in various liver diseases

    Article • Metabolism, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  78. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and COPD. Are they mutually associated ?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  79. Metabolic concerns in aging HIV-infected persons

    Article • AIDS, June 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  80. NAFLD as a Sexual Dimorphic Disease: Role of Gender and Reproductive Status in the Development and Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Inherent Cardiovascular Risk

    Article • Advances in Therapy, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  81. AISF position paper on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): Updates and future directions

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Dr Amalia Gastaldelli

  82. NAFLD, Hepatotropic Viruses, and Cardiometabolic Risk

    Article • Hepatology, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  83. “ Not all forms of NAFLD were created equal ”. Do metabolic syndrome-related NAFLD and PNPLA3 -related NAFLD exert a variable impact on the risk of early carotid atherosclerosis?

    Article • Atherosclerosis, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  84. Clinical features and natural history of cryptogenic cirrhosis compared to hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2017, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  85. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis heralding olmesartan-induced sprue-like enteropathy

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  86. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  87. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of cardiovascular disease

    Article • Metabolism, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  88. Alcohol and Steatosis: The Japanese Paradox

    Article • EBioMedicine, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  89. Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Meta-analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

    Article • Hepatology, May 2016, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  90. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with an almost twofold increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, April 2016, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  91. The independent predictors of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and its individual histological features.

    Article • Hepatology Research, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  92. Type 2 Diabetes in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus Infection—Liver: The “Musketeer” in the Spotlight

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  93. A “systems medicine” approach to the study of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  94. The Role of Nuclear Receptors in the Pathophysiology, Natural Course, and Drug Treatment of NAFLD in Humans

    Article • Advances in Therapy, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  95. Relationship between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Psoriasis: A Novel Hepato-Dermal Axis?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  96. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Associated With Higher 1-year All-Cause Rehospitalization Rates in Patients Admitted for Acute Heart Failure

    Article • Medicine, February 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  97. Cardiovascular Disease and Myocardial Abnormalities in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  98. Fatty liver is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease - Evidence from three different disease models: NAFLD, HCV and HIV

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2016, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  99. Gamma glutamyl transferase: A novel cardiovascular outfit for an old liver test

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology Research, January 2016, Medknow

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  100. Epidemiological modifiers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Focus on high-risk groups

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  101. Sofosbuvir-based therapy cures hepatitis C virus infection after prior treatment failures in a patient with concurrent lymphoma

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  102. Evidence that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and polycystic ovary syndrome are associated by necessity rather than chance: a novel hepato-ovarian axis?

    Article • Endocrine, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  103. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and decreased bone mineral density: is there a link?

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  104. Do ultrasonographic semiquantitative indices predict histological changes in NASH irrespective of steatosis extent?

    Article • Liver International, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  105. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A precursor of the metabolic syndrome

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  106. Role of ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its complications

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Giampiero Francica, Professor Amedeo LONARDO, stefano ballestri, Stefano Ballestri

  107. Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  108. Primary lymphoma of the spleen mimicking simple benign cysts: contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and other imaging findings

    Article • Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  109. Inflammatory hepatocellular adenomatosis, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: Chance tetrad or association by necessity?

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  110. Cardiovascular risk, lipidemic phenotype and steatosis. A comparative analysis of cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic liver disease due to varying etiology

    Article • Atherosclerosis, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  111. Chronic hepatitis C virus infection and atherosclerosis: Clinical impact and mechanisms

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2014, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  112. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and aging: Epidemiology to management

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2014, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  113. Pathogenesis and significance of hepatitis C virus steatosis: An update on survival strategy of a successful pathogen

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2014, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  114. Risk of cardiovascular, cardiac and arrhythmic complications in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2014, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  115. From NAFLD in clinical practice to answers from guidelines

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  116. Use of procalcitonin for the differential diagnosis of fever in cancer patients: an observational study

    Article • Italian Journal of Medicine, September 2013, PAGEPress Publications

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  117. Short-term multidisciplinary non-pharmacological intervention is effective in reducing liver fat content assessed non-invasively in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

    Article • Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  118. Relationship of Serum Fetuin-A Levels with Coronary Atherosclerotic Burden and NAFLD in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Angiography

    Article • Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, August 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  119. Cardiovascular and Systemic Risk in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Atherosclerosis as a Major Player in the Natural Course of NAFLD

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, July 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  120. HCV treatment in patients with metabolic syndrome

    Article • May 2013, Future Medicine

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  121. Liver and diabetes. A vicious circle

    Article • Hepatology Research, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  122. Potential for statins in the chemoprevention and management of hepatocellular carcinoma

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  123. Hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient treated with efalizumab for psoriasis

    Article • Hepatology Research, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  124. If steatosis is the atherosclerosis of the liver, are statins the “aspirin” for steatosis?

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  125. Ultrasonographic fatty liver indicator, a novel score which rules out NASH and is correlated with metabolic parameters in NAFLD

    Article • Liver International, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  126. Chronic HCV infection is a risk of atherosclerosis. Role of HCV and HCV-related steatosis

    Article • Atherosclerosis, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  127. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is the Major Determinant of Steatosis and Hepatitis C Virus of Insulin Resistance in Virus-associated Fatty Liver Disease

    Article • Archives of Medical Research, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  128. Metabolic alterations and chronic hepatitis C: treatment strategies

    Article • Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, September 2011, Informa Healthcare

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  129. Treatment of Atherogenic Liver Based on the Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Novel Approach to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk?

    Article • Archives of Medical Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  130. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score and Brunt's pathologic criteria for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: What do they mean and do they agree?

    Article • Hepatology, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  131. Is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis associated with a high-though-normal thyroid stimulating hormone level and lower cholesterol levels?

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  132. Insulin resistance in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: necessary but not sufficient – death of a dogma from analysis of therapeutic studies?

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  133. Perspectives on cellular dysfunction in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a case of ‘multiorganelle failure’? Proceedings of a virtual workshop on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  134. Clinical physiology of NAFLD: a critical overview of pathogenesis and treatment

    Article • Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  135. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  136. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in HIV-Infected Persons: Epidemiology and the Role of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

    Article • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, February 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  137. Genetic polymorphisms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Interleukin-6−174G/C polymorphism is associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  138. NAFLD and Cardiovascular Risk: Direct Evidence for the Tale of Two Ages

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  139. Differential effect of oleic and palmitic acid on lipid accumulation and apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  140. Endocrine and liver interaction: the role of endocrine pathways in NASH

    Article • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  141. Hepatitis C and diabetes: the inevitable coincidence?

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, April 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  142. Fatty Liver and Carotid Intimal Thickening: A Tale of Two Ages?

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  143. Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients Are ‘Spared’ from the Metabolic Syndrome but Not from Insulin Resistance. A Comparative Study of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Steatosis

    Article • Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2009, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  144. The hepatitis C virus-associated dysmetabolic syndrome

    Article • Hepatology, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  145. Statins in liver disease: A molehill, an iceberg, or neither?

    Article • Hepatology, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  146. Do diabetes and obesity promote hepatic fibrosis in familial heterozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia?

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  147. Is liver fat detrimental to vessels?: intersections in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and atherosclerosis

    Article • Clinical Science, July 2008, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  148. Dysmetabolic changes associated with HCV: a distinct syndrome?

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  149. The neck-liver axis. Madelung disease as further evidence for an impact of body fat distribution on hepatic histology

    Article • Hepatology, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  150. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease: An open question

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  151. HCV and diabetes

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, August 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  152. Is Cholangiocarcinoma Another Complication of Insulin Resistance: A Report of Three Cases

    Article • Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, June 2007, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO, Stefano Ballestri

  153. Chicken or egg turned into head or belly

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  154. ‘Endocrine NAFLD’ a hormonocentric perspective of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  155. 17beta-estradiol prevents cytotoxicity from hydrophobic bile acids in HepG2 and WRL-68 cell cultures

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, May 2006, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  156. Hepatitis C and steatosis: a reappraisal

    Article • Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 2006, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  157. Statins and HCV: A complex issue

    Article • Hepatology, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  158. Gender, fatty liver and GGT

    Article • Hepatology, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  159. Hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance: Does etiology make a difference?

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  160. Fatty liver, carotid disease and gallstones: A study of age-related associations

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2006, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  161. Review article: hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, November 2005, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  162. Review article: the metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, November 2005, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  163. Gallstone disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver: Prevalence and associated factors

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  164. Pediatric gallstone disease in familial hypobetalipoproteinemia

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  165. Should Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Be Renamed?

    Article • Digestive Diseases, January 2005, Karger Publishers

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  166. The wide spectrum of steatohepatitis

    Article • European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, October 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  167. Steatosis and hepatitis C virus: Mechanisms and significance for hepatic and extrahepatic disease

    Article • Gastroenterology, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  168. Relative contribution of iron burden, HFE mutations, and insulin resistance to fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver

    Article • Hepatology, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  169. Non-Organ-Specific Autoantibodies in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Prevalence and Correlates

    Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  170. Intestinal Wegener's granulomatosis in a patient with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency resulting from a unique combination of two deficiency alleles (PiZ and PiMProcida)

    Article • European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, December 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  171. Apolipoprotein synthesis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Article • Hepatology, August 2002, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  172. Growth hormone plasma levels in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  173. Of liver, whisky and plants: a requiem for colchicine in alcoholic cirrhosis?

    Article • European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  174. Growth hormone plasma levels in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  175. Fasting insulin and uric acid levels but not indices of iron metabolism are independent predictors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. A case-control study

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  176. Is insulin resistance a pathogenic co-factor in hepatitis C virus-related disease and hepatocellular carcinoma?

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, February 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  177. A study of fatty liver disease and plasma lipoproteins in a kindred with familial hypobetalipoproteinemia due to a novel truncated form of apolipoprotein B (APO B-54.5)

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, September 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  178. Are there any sex differences in fatty liver? A study of glucose metabolism and body fat distribution

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, July 2000, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  179. Fatty Liver and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going?

    Article • Digestive Diseases, January 1999, Karger Publishers

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  180. Isolated jejunal Crohn's disease in a young adult presenting as fever of unknown origin

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, November 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  181. Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  182. Fatty liver in heterozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia caused by a novel truncated form of apolipoprotein B

    Article • Gastroenterology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  183. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 1994, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  184. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, June 1994, Wiley

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  185. Are Routine Duodenal and Antral Biopsies Useful in the Management of “Functional” Dyspepsia?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, September 1993, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  186. Right Colon Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Bacteroides fragilis Liver Abscesses

    Article • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, June 1992, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  187. Solitary Peutz-Jeghers Type Polyp of the Stomach

    Article • Endoscopy, May 1990, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  188. Liver cirrhosis as A diabetogenic condition

    Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, January 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Giampiero Francica, Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  189. Familial history in IBD

    Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, April 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  190. Lack of correlation between the laboratory findings and a series of steps in the clinical severity of chronic liver disease

    Article • La Ricerca in Clinica e in Laboratorio, October 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Amedeo LONARDO