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Stergios Kechagias

Professor

Professor in internal medicine

Research on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)

MASLD has become the most common liver disease affecting adults and children.

Our research purposes are to further characterize the natural history of MASLD, identify factors that influence the progression of MASLD, and to develop and validate diagnostic methods for MASLD.

Publications

2024

Patrik Nasr, Axel Wester, Mattias Ekstedt, Rickard Strandberg, Stergios Kechagias, Ying Shang, Linnea Widman, Hannes Hagstrom (2024) Misclassified Alcohol-related Liver Disease is Common in Presumed Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Highly Increases Risk for Future Cirrhosis Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 22 Continue to DOI
Henrik Podéus, Christian Simonsson, Patrik Nasr, Mattias Ekstedt, Stergios Kechagias, Peter Lundberg, William Lövfors, Gunnar Cedersund (2024) A physiologically-based digital twin for alcohol consumption-predicting real-life drinking responses and long-term plasma PEth npj Digital Medicine, Vol. 7, Article 112 Continue to DOI
Martin Cornillet, Christina Villard, Fredrik Rorsman, Antonio Molinaro, Emma Nilsson, Stergios Kechagias, Erik von Seth, Annika Bergquist (2024) The Swedish initiative for the study of Primary sclerosing cholangitis (SUPRIM) eClinicalMedicine, Vol. 70, Article 102526 Continue to DOI
Cecilia Jönsson, Martin Bergram, Stergios Kechagias, Patrik Nasr, Mattias Ekstedt (2024) Activin A levels in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease associates with fibrosis and the PNPLA3 I148M variant Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Continue to DOI
Ying Shang, Camilla Akbari, Maja Dodd, Patrik Nasr, Johan Vessby, Fredrik Rorsman, Stergios Kechagias, Per Stal, Mattias Ekstedt, Hannes Hagstrom (2024) Cause of death by fibrosis stage in 959 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD Gut Continue to DOI

News

Mattias Ekstedt, Nils Dahlström, Peter Lundberg, Bengt Norén and Patrik Nasr.

Liver examinations without needles

How is your liver doing? Decades of research into the use of magnet resonance imaging is now being put to work to gain information about patients’ livers – without needles.

European project to develop better tests for liver disease

A large European research project aims to develop better diagnostics to predict which patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease run the highest risk of developing severe disease.

Magnetic resonance finds fatty liver

Taking tissue samples to diagnose fatty liver can be replaced in most cases by a painless magnetic resonance investigation, according to a new study.

Research group

Microscopy image of liver. White areas represent accumulated fat.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease which has become the most common liver disease affecting adults and children.

Publications

Selected publications

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Patrik Nasr, Mikael F. Forsgren, Simone Ignatova, Nils Dahlström, Gunnar Cedersund, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Bengt Norén, Mattias Ekstedt, Peter Lundberg, Stergios Kechagias (2017)
Using a 3% Proton Density Fat Fraction as a Cut-off Value Increases Sensitivity of Detection of Hepatic Steatosis, Based on Results from Histopathology Analysis

Gastroenterology , Vol.153 , s.53-+ Continue to DOI

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Mattias Ekstedt, Hannes Hagström, Patrik Nasr, Mats Fredrikson, Per Stål, Stergios Kechagias, Rolf Hultcrantz (2015)
Fibrosis stage is the strongest predictor for disease-specific mortality in NAFLD after up to 33 years of follow-up

Hepatology , Vol.61 , s.1547-1554 Continue to DOI

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Stergios Kechagias, Åsa Ernersson, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Peter Lundberg, Torbjörn Lindström, Fredrik Nyström, Toste Länne (2008)
Fast-food-based hyper-alimentation can induce rapid and profound elevation of serum alanine aminotransferase in healthy subjects

Gut , Vol.57 , s.649-654 Continue to DOI

Recent publications

2024

Patrik Nasr, Axel Wester, Mattias Ekstedt, Rickard Strandberg, Stergios Kechagias, Ying Shang, Linnea Widman, Hannes Hagstrom (2024) Misclassified Alcohol-related Liver Disease is Common in Presumed Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Highly Increases Risk for Future Cirrhosis Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 22 Continue to DOI
Henrik Podéus, Christian Simonsson, Patrik Nasr, Mattias Ekstedt, Stergios Kechagias, Peter Lundberg, William Lövfors, Gunnar Cedersund (2024) A physiologically-based digital twin for alcohol consumption-predicting real-life drinking responses and long-term plasma PEth npj Digital Medicine, Vol. 7, Article 112 Continue to DOI
Martin Cornillet, Christina Villard, Fredrik Rorsman, Antonio Molinaro, Emma Nilsson, Stergios Kechagias, Erik von Seth, Annika Bergquist (2024) The Swedish initiative for the study of Primary sclerosing cholangitis (SUPRIM) eClinicalMedicine, Vol. 70, Article 102526 Continue to DOI
Cecilia Jönsson, Martin Bergram, Stergios Kechagias, Patrik Nasr, Mattias Ekstedt (2024) Activin A levels in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease associates with fibrosis and the PNPLA3 I148M variant Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Continue to DOI
Ying Shang, Camilla Akbari, Maja Dodd, Patrik Nasr, Johan Vessby, Fredrik Rorsman, Stergios Kechagias, Per Stal, Mattias Ekstedt, Hannes Hagstrom (2024) Cause of death by fibrosis stage in 959 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD Gut Continue to DOI

About me

CV

  • Reg. Physician 1996
  • PhD 2001
  • Professor 2013

Teaching

  • The Medical Program

Awards

  • Pedagogue of the Year, 2017
  • Bergdahl Award, 2022

Organisation

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Division of Diagnostics and Specialist Medicine (DISP)

The division consists of three units (internal medicine, cardiovascular and radiological sciences) and contains seven subject areas within which research and teaching are conducted.
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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