The Epigenetic Drug Discovery Landscape for Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease

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Despite decades of research, effective therapies for metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) are lacking. An increasing body of evidence suggests that epigenetic dysregulation is frequent in MAFLD, and orchestrates many aspects of its development and progression. Furthermore, the high plasticity of epigenetic modifications in response to environmental cues renders epigenetics a novel area for therapeutic drug discovery. Over recent years, several epigenetics-based drugs and diagnostic biomarkers have entered clinical development and/or obtained regulatory approval. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of epigenetic regulation and programming during MAFLD, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodelling, transcriptional control, and noncoding (nc)RNAs. We also discuss the potential translational implications and challenges of epigenetics in the context of MAFLD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Trends in genetics : TIG - 36(2020), 6 vom: 04. Juni, Seite 429-441

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bayoumi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Grønbæk, Henning [VerfasserIn]
George, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Eslam, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA methylation
Epigenetics
Fibrosis
Histones
Journal Article
MAFLD
NAFLD
RNA, Untranslated
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

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Date Completed 27.05.2021

Date Revised 27.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tig.2020.03.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309798922