Effect of combined farnesoid X receptor agonist and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker on ongoing hepatic fibrosis.
Tadashi NamisakiKosuke KajiNaotaka ShimozatoDaisuke KayaTakahiro OzutsumiYuki TsujiYukihisa FujinagaKoh KitagawaMasanori FurukawaShinya SatoYasuhiko SawadaNorihisa NishimuraHiroaki TakayaYasushi OkuraKenichiro SekiHideto KawarataniKei MoriyaRyuichi NoguchiKiyoshi AsadaTakemi AkahaneAkira MitoroHitoshi YoshijiPublished in: Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2022)
OCA + losartan suppressed the ongoing hepatic fibrosis by attenuating gut barrier dysfunction and suppressing Ac-HSC proliferation. Combined therapy may be a promising novel approach for NASH with fibrosis.