UF Medicine Research Shows the Role of Diet in Developing Liver Inflammation

Researchers hope to prevent conditions that would lead to liver transplant

Matthew Merritt, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, published research in the journal Cells Report Medicine that describes a novel method for detecting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD.

An estimated 30% of the United States population has MASLD, which is a precursor to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH. MASLD and MASH are build-ups of excess fat in the liver that cause harmful inflammation. 

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