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Takeno, Ayumu Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
Yamamoto, Masahiro Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
Notsu, Masakazu Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
Sugimoto, Toshitsugu Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
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BACKGROUND:
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A recent animal study showed that hepatocyte-specific receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B (RANK) knockout mice had significantly lower liver fat content compared with control mice concomitant with a decrease in production of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) from hepatocytes and kupffer cells. The role of anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody for osteoporosis on hepatitis in patients with aGHD is still unknown.
CASE PRESENTATION:
A forty-seven-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital to investigate chronic hepatitis caused by unknown etiology. She had past history of craniopharyngioma treated with craniotomy and post-surgical radiotherapy. She was for the first time diagnosed as panhypopituitarism including growth hormone deficiency and osteoporosis by endocrine examinations and bone mineral densitometry, respectively. In addition, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was histologically confirmed by liver biopsy in this time. Sixty mg anti-RANKL antibody, which was subcutaneously injected to treat the osteoporosis every six months after replacement of 5 mg hydrocortisone and 30 μg oral desmopressin, rapidly decreased the levels of her liver enzymes (ALT and γGTP were 133 to 72 U/L and 284 to 99 U/L at 16 months after the beginning of the treatment, respectively). Additional amelioration of liver dysfunction was not observed after growth hormone replacement.
CONCLUSIONS:
The clinical course of the present case suggested that RANKL-RANK signaling may be a key pathological mechanism in establishment or development of NAFLD or NASH in patients with panhypopituitarism including GHD.
Subject
Denosumab
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL)
Journal Title
BMC endocrine disorders
Volume
16
Issue
1
Start Page
66
ISSN
14726823
Published Date
2016-11-24
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BioMed Central
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