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Z Gastroenterol 2003; 41(1): 77-90
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-36679
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NASH

nichtalkoholische SteatohepatitisNASHNonalcoholic SteatohepatitisB. Blechacz1 , W. Stremmel1
  • 1Medizinische Klinik der Universität Heidelberg, Abteilung Innere Medizin IV, Gastroenterologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Vergiftungen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
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Manuscript received: 10. April 2002

Accepted after revision: 17. June 2002

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16 January 2003 (online)

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Zusammenfassung

Eine Leberschädigung mit den typischen Veränderungen einer alkoholischen Pathogenese, ohne dass eine solche vorliegt, wurde erstmals 1962 beschrieben und im Jahr 1980 durch Ludwig et al. als nichtalkoholische Steatohepatitis (NASH) definiert. Viele Arbeitsgruppen erforschten seitdem diese Erkrankung. Sie gilt als Syndrom multifaktorieller Ätiologie, das die hepatische Manifestation des Syndroms X darstellt. Die Pathogenese findet als „two-hit”-Phänomen statt, bei dem der „first hit” zu einer Steatosis hepatis führt und die Leber den Noxen des „second hit” gegenüber vulnerabel macht. Zentrale Faktoren des „second hit” sind Sauerstoff-Radikale, oxidativer Stress, Lipid-Peroxidation und Zytokine. Die genauen pathogenetischen Mechanismen der NASH sind jedoch noch nicht endgültig geklärt. Die NASH ist eine Lebererkrankung, die bis zur Zirrhose mit Leberfunktionsstörung fortschreiten kann. Einen medikamentösen kurativen Therapieansatz gibt es bisher noch nicht. Die Gefahr des Progresses der Erkrankung, ihre Zunahme als typische Wohlstandserkrankung und der Mangel an therapeutischen Optionen machen NASH zu einer der wichtigen und somit forschungsrelevanten Erkrankungen unserer Zeit. Ziel dieses Artikels ist es, den aktuellen Wissensstand über diese Erkrankung, speziell die Pathogenese, anhand der Literatur von 1979 bis zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt darzustellen.

Abstract

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis describes a hepatic disorder with the typical characteristics of an alcoholic pathogenesis without alcohol consumption. It was first described in 1962 and named NASH by Ludwig et al. 1980. Many researchers worked on this disease since this time. It represents the hepatic manifestation of the syndrome X. The pathogenesis is a two-hit phenomenon. The first hit leads to steatosis hepatis and makes the liver vulnerable to the second hit. Central factors of the second hit are oxygen-radicals, oxidative stress, lipid-peroxidation and cytokines. The exact pathogenic mechanisms are still unknown. NASH is a hepatic disease which can end up in liver cirrhosis and liver failure. Up to now a curative drug therapy does not exist. The poor prognosis in some cases, the increasing incidence in western populations and the lack of therapeutic options renders NASH to a serious problem. The aim of this article is to show the actual knowledge of this disease, especially focussed on the pathogenesis, by review of the literature from 1979 up to the present time.

Schlüsselwörter

NASH - NAFL - Leberzellschädigung - oxidativer Stress

Key words

NASH - NAFLD - hepatocyte damage - oxidative stress

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