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<p>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide, yet treatment remains “one size fits all,” despite phenotypic heterogeneity. We analyzed clinical and metabolomics data from 514 children (ages 5-18, 73% male) with biopsy-proven MASLD across three NASH Clinical Research Network studies. Unsupervised clustering of clinical data identified three distinct metabotypes: early-mild (49.4%, youngest, lowest lipids, liver enzymes, insulin resistance), cardiometabolic (36.8%, highest waist circumference, lipids, uric acid, SBP), and inflammatory-fibrotic (13.8%, highest liver enzymes, steatohepatitis, advanced fibrosis). Integrative network and pathway enrichment analyses revealed alterations in tryptophan metabolism within the inflammatory-fibrotic group, including elevated kynurenine pathway metabolites, which were significantly correlated with fibrosis stage. Branched-chain amino acid degradation, butanoate, and purine metabolism demonstrated greater enrichment in the cardiometabolic group. Here, we show that pediatric MASLD subtypes differ in clinical and metabolic features, providing a framework for targeted interventions, with validation needed in independent cohorts.</p>

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Clinically distinct metabotypes of pediatric MASLD identified through unsupervised clustering of NASH CRN data

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    2026年2月24日

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  • Helaina E. Huneault,
  • Pradeep Tiwari,
  • Zachery R. Jarrell,
  • Matthew Ryan Smith,
  • Chih-Yu Chen,
  • Ana Ramirez Tovar,
  • Cristian Sanchez-Torres,
  • Scott Gillespie,
  • Shasha Bai,
  • Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco,
  • Ajay K. Jain,
  • Katherine P. Yates,
  • Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri,
  • Jeffrey B. Schwimmer,
  • Stavra A. Xanthakos,
  • Jean P. Molleston,
  • Cynthia A. Behling,
  • Mark H. Fishbein,
  • Terryl J. Hartman,
  • Francisco J. Pasquel,
  • Rishikesan Kamaleswaran,
  • Dean P. Jones,
  • Jean A. Welsh,
  • Miriam B. Vos

摘要

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide, yet treatment remains “one size fits all,” despite phenotypic heterogeneity. We analyzed clinical and metabolomics data from 514 children (ages 5-18, 73% male) with biopsy-proven MASLD across three NASH Clinical Research Network studies. Unsupervised clustering of clinical data identified three distinct metabotypes: early-mild (49.4%, youngest, lowest lipids, liver enzymes, insulin resistance), cardiometabolic (36.8%, highest waist circumference, lipids, uric acid, SBP), and inflammatory-fibrotic (13.8%, highest liver enzymes, steatohepatitis, advanced fibrosis). Integrative network and pathway enrichment analyses revealed alterations in tryptophan metabolism within the inflammatory-fibrotic group, including elevated kynurenine pathway metabolites, which were significantly correlated with fibrosis stage. Branched-chain amino acid degradation, butanoate, and purine metabolism demonstrated greater enrichment in the cardiometabolic group. Here, we show that pediatric MASLD subtypes differ in clinical and metabolic features, providing a framework for targeted interventions, with validation needed in independent cohorts.