Xiao-Dong Zhou, Frank Tacke, Rohit Loomba, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Luca Valenti, Laurence S Sperling, Zobair M Younossi, Jacob George, Mark Muthiah, Arun Sanyal, Ming-Hua Zheng
{"title":"Training the next generation of hepatologists for the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic era.","authors":"Xiao-Dong Zhou, Frank Tacke, Rohit Loomba, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Luca Valenti, Laurence S Sperling, Zobair M Younossi, Jacob George, Mark Muthiah, Arun Sanyal, Ming-Hua Zheng","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01270-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01270-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149207349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary cilia: sensors of biliary homeostasis and disease.","authors":"Hannah Esser, Sofia Ferreira-Gonzalez","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01262-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01262-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The primary cilium (plural 'cilia') is a highly specialized organelle found on nearly every vertebrate cell. It functions as a sensor, cell cycle regulator and coordinator of multiple signalling transduction pathways. In cholangiocytes, primary cilia extend from the cell surface into the bile duct lumen, acting as chemosensors, mechanosensors and osmosensors in response to changes in bile composition and flow. This primary-cilium-mediated sensing regulates the biliary microenvironment and is crucial to maintaining homeostasis and promoting biliary regeneration. Moreover, alterations in the structure or function of cholangiocyte primary cilia lead to a group of disorders known as biliary ciliopathies, which manifest with a broad range of clinical features including cystic lesions, fibrosis and biliary strictures. This Review aims to provide an overview of the structure and function of cholangiocyte primary cilia and to summarize the known biliary ciliopathies. As most of these diseases currently lack effective treatments targeting their underlying mechanisms, an understanding of this organelle can help to pave the way for novel cilium-targeted therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149182522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antifungal therapy reshapes the gut microbiota in IBD","authors":"Jordan Hindson","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01268-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01268-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":65.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149089449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CHESS-LiverHealth: community prevalence of chronic liver disease in China","authors":"Jordan Hindson","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01269-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01269-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":65.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149089450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanyaporn Chantarojanasiri, Lung Yi Mak, Louis H S Lau, Marc Wong, Nikhil Sonthalia, Sonam Mathur, Enrik John T Aguila, Ren Mao, Koji Otani, Rashid Lui, Raja Affendi Raja Ali, Daniel Q Huang
{"title":"Building the next generation of gastroenterology and hepatology research leaders in Asia: from disease burden to scientific leadership.","authors":"Tanyaporn Chantarojanasiri, Lung Yi Mak, Louis H S Lau, Marc Wong, Nikhil Sonthalia, Sonam Mathur, Enrik John T Aguila, Ren Mao, Koji Otani, Rashid Lui, Raja Affendi Raja Ali, Daniel Q Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01261-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01261-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149081532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The exposome and inflammatory bowel disease: a framework for primary and primordial prevention.","authors":"Manasi Agrawal, Vishal Midya, Alvise Vianello, Damaskini Valvi, Gilaad G Kaplan, Jean-Frederic Colombel","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01260-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41575-026-01260-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of the environment in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is acknowledged as being critical, yet enquiry into the exposome and IBD is limited. Recognizing the exposome as encompassing all physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors that influence human health over the lifespan is central to unravelling its role in IBD, as well as overlapping immune-mediated diseases. Here, we summarize the latest in exposome research in IBD, differentiate between early life and later exposures, highlight the limitations of traditional epidemiological methods and introduce lesser-explored exposures (for example, food contact contaminants). We discuss innovation in exposomics, such as high-resolution mass spectrometry platforms, integrative statistics and the relevance of microplastics and nanoplastics, a growing pollutant of concern, in IBD. Next, we highlight the prevention framework, emphasizing the relevance of the actionable exposome and differentiating between primary and primordial prevention. Although the former implies risk stratification and prevention in at-risk individuals, primordial prevention focuses on risk mitigation in the general population. We discuss individual and community-level mitigation strategies and global considerations to lower IBD risk. This Perspective provides a path to implement exposomics in IBD prevention, which might also be relevant towards other chronic health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149002245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga, Kiran R Patil, Lisa Maier
{"title":"Drug-microbiome-host interactions: antimicrobial effects of non-antibiotic compounds.","authors":"Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga, Kiran R Patil, Lisa Maier","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01258-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01258-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antibiotics have traditionally been defined as drugs that specifically target and inhibit pathogenic bacteria, forming the cornerstone of infectious disease treatment. However, resent research has expanded our understanding of what constitutes an antimicrobial substance. Many compounds not classified as antibiotics - including common pharmaceuticals, dietary substances, and agricultural or industrial chemicals - have been shown to exhibit antibacterial activity. Intriguingly, these non-antibiotic compounds often exert stronger effects on beneficial bacteria than on members of the Enterobacteriaceae family, which includes many classic pathogens for which new antibiotics are urgently needed. The selective pressure imposed by non-antibiotic antimicrobials can disrupt the balance of the human microbiome and create conditions favouring resistant or opportunistic pathogens. Such imbalances have implications not only for infectious disease but also for a range of chronic, non-communicable health conditions and the spread of antimicrobial resistances. In this Review, we highlight the latest advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms by which non-antibiotic compounds exert antimicrobial effects and examine key factors that modulate their activity. Lastly, we highlight the implications for translation and clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung-Yi Mak, Rex Wan-Hin Hui, Teresa Pollicino, Markus Cornberg, Robert Gish, Ira Jacobson, Patrick T Kennedy, Wai-Kay Seto, Giovanni Raimondo, Man-Fung Yuen
{"title":"Occult hepatitis B virus infection.","authors":"Lung-Yi Mak, Rex Wan-Hin Hui, Teresa Pollicino, Markus Cornberg, Robert Gish, Ira Jacobson, Patrick T Kennedy, Wai-Kay Seto, Giovanni Raimondo, Man-Fung Yuen","doi":"10.1038/s41575-026-01257-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-026-01257-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) is defined as the presence of replication-competent HBV DNA in the liver or blood of individuals who are seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen. The prevalence of OBI varies hugely according to the local endemicity of chronic HBV infection and risk of HBV exposure, ranging from 0.8% in the general population to >10% in those with hepatitis C virus or HIV infection, and to >40% in individuals with isolated positive antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). Diagnosing OBI remains challenging due to extremely low and fluctuating levels of HBV DNA in individuals over time. Positive serological markers, such as anti-HBc, only arouse clinician suspicion, with no diagnostic confidence, but can be used to identify people with previous exposure to HBV and for subclassification of OBI, which should be combined with serum HBV DNA testing. The consequences of OBI include transmission of HBV during the transfusion of blood products or solid organ transplantation, reactivation of HBV in patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy, acceleration of disease progression in those with pre-existing chronic liver diseases, and an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development. In this Review, we describe the core knowledge of OBI - epidemiology, diagnosis, mechanisms and virology, and clinical management - that clinicians should be aware of, and elaborate on challenges and future directions associated with OBI.</p>","PeriodicalId":18793,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":57.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148970073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}