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Overview

Alastair D. Burt is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine.

Their work engages extensively with several subfields, including:

  • Epidemiology
  • Oncology
  • Hepatology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The main topics covered in Burt's research include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • AI in cancer detection
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Genome-wide association study of non-alcoholic fatty liver and steatohepatitis in a histologically characterised cohort (2020) published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Caucasian lean subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease share long-term prognosis of non-lean: time for reappraisal of BMI-driven approach? (2021) published in Gut
  • The Origin and Contribution of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Colorectal Carcinogenesis (2021) published in Gastroenterology
  • Long-term outcomes and predictive ability of non-invasive scoring systems in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2021) published in Journal of Hepatology
  • An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) (2024) published in Nature Metabolism

Burt has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Dina Tiniakos
  • Quentin M. Anstee
  • Olivier Govaere
  • Pierre Bédossa
  • Luca Valenti

The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Histopathology
  • Gut
  • Gastroenterology
  • JGH Open

Best Publications

  • The NAFLD fibrosis score: A noninvasive system that identifies liver fibrosis in patients with NAFLD

    Paul Angulo;Jason M. Hui;Giulio Marchesini;Ellisabetta Bugianesi

  • Serum markers detect the presence of liver fibrosis: A cohort study

    William M.C. Rosenberg;Michael Voelker;Robert Thiel;Michael Becka

  • The natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver: A follow-up study

    Mohd R. Teli;Oliver F. W. James;Alastair D. Burt;Mark K. Bennett

  • Evidence of NAFLD progression from steatosis to fibrosing-steatohepatitis using paired biopsies: Implications for prognosis and clinical management

    Stuart McPherson;Stuart McPherson;Tim Hardy;Elsbeth Henderson;Alastair D. Burt;Alastair D. Burt

  • Pathologic Diagnosis of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Report of the International Consensus Group for Hepatocellular Neoplasia

    Masamichi Kojiro;Ian R. Wanless;Venancio Alves;Sunil Badve

  • Simple non-invasive fibrosis scoring systems can reliably exclude advanced fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Stuart McPherson;Stephen F Stewart;Elsbeth Henderson;Alastair D Burt

  • Noninvasive markers of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Validating the European Liver Fibrosis Panel and exploring simple markers.

    Indra Neil Guha;Julie Parkes;Paul Roderick;Dipanker Chattopadhyay

  • Cellular senescence drives age-dependent hepatic steatosis.

    Mikolaj Ogrodnik;Satomi Miwa;Tamar Tchkonia;Dina Tiniakos;Dina Tiniakos

  • EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines: Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Philippe Mathurin;Antoine Hadengue;Giovanni Addolorato;Alastair Burt

  • Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

    Stuart McPherson;Stuart McPherson;Tim Hardy;Tim Hardy;Jean-Francois Dufour;Salvatore Petta

  • TM6SF2 rs58542926 influences hepatic fibrosis progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Yang-Lin Liu;Helen L Reeves;Alastair D Burt;Dina Tiniakos

  • Determinants of progression to cirrhosis or fibrosis in pure alcoholic fatty liver.

    M.R Teli;C.P Day;O.F.W James;A.D Burt

  • Carriage of the PNPLA3 rs738409 C >G polymorphism confers an increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated hepatocellular carcinoma

    Y-L Liu;G L Patman;J B S Leathart;Anne Christine Piguet

  • Long-term safety and effectiveness of iron-chelation therapy with deferiprone for thalassemia major.

    Nancy F. Olivieri;Gary M. Brittenham;Christine E. McLaren;Douglas M. Templeton

  • Inflammation-induced IgA + cells dismantle anti-liver cancer immunity

    Shabnam Shalapour;Xue Jia Lin;Xue Jia Lin;Ingmar N. Bastian;John Brain

  • Elevated endotoxin levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Alison L Harte;Nancy F da Silva;Steven J Creely;Kirsty C McGee

  • Association between Hepatitis C Virus and Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)/LDL Analyzed in Iodixanol Density Gradients

    Søren U. Nielsen;Margaret F. Bassendine;Alastair D. Burt;Caroline Martin

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts in gastrointestinal cancer

    Hiroki Kobayashi;Atsushi Enomoto;Susan L. Woods;Alastair D. Burt

  • Diagnosis and interpretation of steatosis and steatohepatitis

    A D Burt;A Mutton;C P Day

  • Enhanced liver fibrosis test can predict clinical outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease

    Julie Parkes;Paul Roderick;Scott Harris;Christopher Day

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher P. Day
Christopher P. Day Newcastle University
Quentin M. Anstee
Quentin M. Anstee Newcastle University
Margaret F. Bassendine
Margaret F. Bassendine Newcastle University
Derek A. Mann
Derek A. Mann Newcastle University
John A. Kirby
John A. Kirby Newcastle University
David Jones
David Jones Newcastle University
Fiona Oakley
Fiona Oakley Newcastle University
Ann K. Daly
Ann K. Daly Newcastle University
Oliver F. W. James
Oliver F. W. James Newcastle University
Stefan G. Hubscher
Stefan G. Hubscher University of Birmingham

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