@Article{Waluga2017,
journal="Polish Journal of Pathology",
issn="1233-9687",
volume="68",
number="2",
year="2017",
title="Vaspin mRNA levels in the liver of morbidly obese women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease",
abstract="The aim of this study was to evaluate hepatic vaspin mRNA in morbidly obese women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to look for its relationships with metabolic and histopathological features.  The study included 56 severely obese women who underwent intraoperative wedge liver biopsy during bariatric surgery. Hepatic vaspin mRNA was assessed by quantitative real-time PCR.   Vaspin mRNA found in all included patients was markedly higher in patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg/m2 (4.59 ±3.09 vs. 0.44 ±0.33; p = 0.05). An evident but statistically insignificant difference in vaspin mRNA levels was observed between patients with and without hepatocyte ballooning (4.77 ±4.23 vs. 0.45 ±0.29, respectively), with and without steatosis (4.80 ±4.20 vs. 0.41 ±0.29, respectively), without and with fibrosis (0.25 ±0.80 vs. 6.23 ±7.2, respectively), and those without and with lobular inflammation (0.27 ±1.0 vs. 5.55 ±10.1, respectively). There was marked difference in vaspin mRNA between patients with simple steatosis/borderline nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) compared to those with definite NASH (0.24 ±0.96 vs. 10.5 ±10.4).   Adiposity is an undoubted confounding factor influencing vaspin levels. Hepatic vaspin mRNA seems to be markedly elevated in morbidly obese patients with more advanced NAFLD and when hallmarks of NASH were observed. Pointing to non-linear mRNA levels within the NAFLD spectrum and an evident increase in patients with fibrosis and definite NASH, the detrimental action of vaspin cannot be excluded.",
author="Waluga, Marek
and Kukla, Michał
and Żorniak, Michał
and Grabiec, Marta
and Kajor, Maciej
and Dyaczyński, Michał
and Kowalski, Grzegorz
and Żądło, Dominika
and Berdowska, Agnieszka
and Kotulski, Rafał
and Bułdak, Rafał J.
and Sawczyn, Tomasz
and Waluga, Ewa
and Olczyk, Paweł
and Hartleb, Marek",
pages="128--137",
doi="10.5114/pjp.2017.69688",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2017.69688"
}