Editorial Board
53 Editors in 11 Countries/Regions
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Editor-in-Chief
Amedeo Lonardo ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
a.lonardo@libero.it Operating Unit of Metabolic Syndrome, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Modena, Italy.
Research Interests: MAFLD, NAFLD, endocrine disorders, sex differences in NAFLD, metabolic syndrome, liver, hypobetalipoproteinemia, dysmetabolism in HCV infection, diabetes in cirrhosis
Editorial: Metabolism and Target Organ Damage
The Fatty liver Index (FLI) 15 years later: a reappraisal
Metabolic primary liver cancer in adults: risk factors and pathogenic mechanisms
Commentary: Of women, liver, and heart
Is liver fibrosis a risk factor for gynecological cancers?
Association of NAFLD/NASH, and MAFLD/MASLD with chronic kidney disease: an updated narrative review
Honorary Editors-in-Chief
Christopher D. Byrne ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Endocrinology & Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Research Interests: liver lipid metabolism, endocrinology, dyslipidaemias, metabolic liver disease, type 2 diabetes, NAFLD
Giovanni Targher ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Research Interests: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease
Associate Editors
Luigi Elio Adinolfi ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza Miraglia, Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: intrahepatic cholestasis, HCV cryoglobulinemia, chronic viral hepatitis, NAFLD, HCC
Pietro Andreone ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Research Interests: chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver immunology, liver transplantation, liver stem cells
Luigi Angrisani
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery - “Federico II” University of Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: metabolic and Bariatric surgery - hiatal hernia, GERD and obesity - revisional surgery for weight regain and diabetes recurrence
Juan Pablo Arab ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Western University, Ontario, Canada.
Research Interests: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, MAFLD, NAFLD, steatosis, fatty liver, alcohol, alcohol-associated liver disease
Gyorgy Baffy ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Research Interests: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease, steatohepatitis, portal hypertension, cirrhosis
Stefano Ballestri ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Pavullo, Modena, Italy.
Research Interests: NAFLD, metabolic syndrome, association between NAFLD and cardiovascular diseases, ultrasonography
Stefano Bellentani ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Italian Liver Foundation, Basovizza, Italy.
Research Interests: NAFLD, NASH, epidemiology, chronic viral hepatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic disease
Helena Cortez-Pinto ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Research Interests: NASH trials, metabolism, nutrition
Leonardo M. Fabbri ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Respiratory Diseases, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Research Interests: respiratory diseases, metabolic medicine, endocrinology geriatrics, metabolism
Silvia R. Fargion ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation Ca' Granda IRCCS Foundation, Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Research Interests: metabolic and virus liver diseases (MAFLD, NAFLD, HCV and HBV chronic hepatitis), vascular disorders in metabolic liver diseases, iron and copper induced liver diseases (hemochromatosis, Wilson disease)
Giampiero Francica ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Pineta Grande Hospital, Castel Volturno, Italy.
Research Interests: ultrasound, diagnostic, biopsy and ablation of liver tumors
Fulvio Lonardo ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Research Interests: morphological, molecular, epidemiological, thoracic malignancies
Luca Roncucci ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Maternal, Child and Adult Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Research Interests: colorectal carcinogenesis, hereditary colorectal cancer, inflammation, chemoprevention of tumors
Colon cancer in a 12-year-old girl with hypertriglyceridemia
Ayako Suzuki ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Research Interests: NAFLD, NASH, biological disparities, sex differences, gender differences, drug-induced liver injury, hepatotoxicity
Claudio Tiribelli ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS, Trieste, Italy.
Research Interests: fatty liver and associated diseases, liver damage, stem cells in HCC, personalized treatment, NAFLD
Wah Yang ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: metabolic and bariatric surgery, obesity, metabolic disorders
Editorial Board Members
Annalisa Berzigotti ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Swiss Liver Center, Visceral Surgery and Medicine Clinic (UVCM), Inselspital, University of Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
Research Interests: portal hypertension, non-invasive assessment of liver disease, obesity and liver disease
Stefano Bonapace ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Section of Cardiology, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
Research Interests: heart failure, atrial fibrillation, atherosclerosis, diabetes, diastolic function
Fernando Bril ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Research Interests: insulin resistance, NAFLD, NASH, liver steatosis, fatty liver disease, lipotoxicity
Norberto Chavez-Tapia ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Gastroenterology & Traslational Research Deparment, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.
Research Interests: MASLD, liver cirrhosis, evidence based medicine
Weiyi Fang ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: tumor pharmacology, tumor pathogenesis, nanomaterial drug
Águeda González-Rodríguez ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" (IIBM), Madrid, Spain.
Research Interests: liver, metabolism, NAFLD, fibrosis, insulin resistance, hepatocytes
Giovanni Guaraldi ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Modena HIV Metabolic Clinic, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Research Interests: HIV, immune-metabolism, NAFLF/MAFLD, lipodystrophy, aging, solid organ transplant, COVID-19
Youngmi Jung ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea.
Research Interests: liver fibrosis, liver regeneration, stem cell therapy, cellular reprogramming, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Takhar Kasumov
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA.
Research Interests: lipid metabolism, metabolomics, obesity-related metabolic diseases
Tatiana Y Kostrominova ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine Northwest, Indianapolis, USA.
Research Interests: skeletal muscle, tendon, aging, denervation, obesity, myokines
Annunziata Lapolla
Department of Medicine – DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Research Interests: diabetes, gestational diabetes, cardiovascular disease
George Lau
Department of Medicine, Humanity, and Health Medical Group, Hong Kong, China.
Liver Diseases & Transplant Centre, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Research Interests: liver transplantation, liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma
Ting Lei
Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Research Interests: hypothalamic-pituitary disorders, brain tumor, molecular mechanism
Mariana Machado ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, Portugal.
Research Interests: non-alcoholic/metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, alcohol-associated liver disease, liver cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, pathophysiology of liver disease
Alessandro Mantovani ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Research Interests: NAFLD, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, ceramides, gender disparity in science
MariaLuz Martinez-Chantar ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Spain.
Research Interests: liver disease, mechanism, metabolism, post-translational modifications, translational science
Chiara Mussi ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Civil Hospital, Modena, Italy.
Research Interests: lipid-lowering drugs, osteoporotic, cardiology, atrial fibrillation, dementia, older patients
Laura Nagy ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Research Interests: alcohol-associated liver disease, macrophage biology, inflammation, cell death mechanisms, NAFLD/NASH
Sonia Najjar ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Diabetes Institute, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Research Interests: insulin clearance, insulin metabolism, lipid metabolism, insulin resistance, inflammation, fibrosis, metabolic diseases, abdominal obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis
Natalia A Osna
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Research Interests: alcohol-associated liver disease, hepatotropic viral infections, liver damage
Zheng Ruan ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Research Interests: metabolism, nutrition, intestinal inflammation, fatty liver disease, anemia
Dave Sinacore ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Physical Therapy, Congdon School of Health Sciences at High Point University, High Point, NC, USA.
Research Interests: obesity, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, physical frailty, sarcopenia, osteoporosis and chronic kidney disease
Ashwani K Singal ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
Research Interests: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver transplantation, alcoholic hepatitis
Norbert Stefan ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich, Tubingen, Germany.
Research Interests: pathophysiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes, pathophysiology and consequences of NAFLD, metabolically healthy obesity, hepatokines
Saula Vigili de Kreutzenberg ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine, Division of Metabolic Diseases, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Research Interests: cardiovascular, NAFLD, type 2 diebetes, endocrinology, metabolic diseases
Ralf Weiskirchen ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Research Interests: TGF-beta, PDGF, liver, fibrosis, extracellular matrix
Robert J Wong
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Research Interests: viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, MASLD/MASH, alcohol-related liver disease, healthcare disparities in liver disease
Vincent Wai Sun Wong ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: MASLD, viral hepatitis, liver fibrosis
Xingjiang Xiong
Department of Cardiology, Guang′anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Research Interests: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, critical care medicine, traditional chinese medicine, classic herbal formula
Haoyong Yu ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: diabetes, obesity, metabolic surgery
Kezhong Zhang
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Research Interests: organelle stress response, cell metabolism, inflammation
Minghua Zheng ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: MASH, liver cirrhosis, liver fibrosis
Huiping Zhou ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Research Interests: bile acids, sphingolipids, metabolic and liver diseases, liver cancer
Jinrong Zhou ![](https://g.oaes.cc/oae/nuxt/img/orcid.a48ed0f.png)
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Research Interests: nutrition, diet, metabolic disorders, cancer prevention
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