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Velimir A. Luketic is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of liver diseases. Their work spans various domains within medicine, focusing significantly on hepatology and related subfields.

The primary area of research encompasses the diagnosis, treatment, and progression of liver diseases. Their contributions cover multiple specialized topics including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Luketic's publications span a range of prominent journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Notable recent papers include:

  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of elafibranor in patients with primary biliary cholangitis and incomplete response to UDCA (2021, Journal of Hepatology)
  • Fibrosis Progression Rate in Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among People With Diabetes Versus People Without Diabetes: A Multicenter Study (2023, Gastroenterology)
  • Metabolic reprogramming of the intestinal microbiome with functional bile acid changes underlie the development of NAFLD (2022, Hepatology)
  • A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of albumin in outpatients with hepatic encephalopathy: HEAL study (2022, Journal of Hepatology)
  • Randomized trial of anakinra plus zinc vs. prednisone for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (2024, Journal of Hepatology)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Richard K. Sterling
  • Arun J. Sanyal
  • Kris V. Kowdley
  • Jasmohan S. Bajaj
  • Cynthia Levy

Velimir A. Luketic's research incorporates epidemiology as a significant subfield, alongside hepatology, surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Association of Insulin Resistance and Mitochondrial Abnormalities

    Arun J. Sanyal;Carol Campbell-Sargent;Faridoddin Mirshahi;William B. Rizzo

  • Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with normal ALT values

    Pouneh Mofrad;Melissa J. Contos;Mahmadul Haque;Carol Sargeant

  • Elafibranor, an Agonist of the Peroxisome Proliferator−Activated Receptor−α and −δ, Induces Resolution of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Without Fibrosis Worsening

    Vlad Ratziu;Vlad Ratziu;Stephen A. Harrison;Sven Francque;Pierre Bedossa

  • A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

    F. Nevens;P. Andreone;G. Mazzella;S. I. Strasser

  • Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is associated with altered hepatic MicroRNA expression.

    Onpan Cheung;Puneet Puri;Christoph Eicken;Melissa J. Contos

  • High Dose Ursodeoxycholic Acid for the Treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    Keith D. Lindor;Kris V. Kowdley;Velimir A.C. Luketic;M. Edwyn Harrison

  • Efficacy of obeticholic acid in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid

    Gideon M. Hirschfield;Andrew Mason;Velimir Luketic;Velimir Luketic;Keith Lindor;Keith Lindor

  • SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN OUTCOMES OF CIRRHOSIS DUE TO NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS AND HEPATITIS C

    Arun J. Sanyal;Colin Banas;Carol Sargeant;Velimir A. Luketic

  • A pilot study of vitamin E versus vitamin E and pioglitazone for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

    Arun J. Sanyal;Pouneh S. Mofrad;Melissa J. Contos;Carol Sargeant

  • Right lobe living donor liver transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • Portal chronic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a histologic marker of advanced NAFLD-Clinicopathologic correlations from the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical research network

    Elizabeth M. Brunt;David E. Kleiner;Laura A. Wilson;Aynur Unalp

  • Development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation for cryptogenic cirrhosis.

    Melissa J. Contos;Wendy Cales;Richard K. Sterling;Velimir A. Luketic

  • Hepatitis B virus genotypes in the United States: results of a nationwide study

    Chi—Jen Chu;Emmet B. Keeffe;Emmet B. Keeffe;Steven—Huy Han;Steven—Huy Han;Robert P. Perrillo

  • Identification of HLA-A2-restricted CD8(+) cytotoxic T cell responses in primary biliary cirrhosis: T cell activation is augmented by immune complexes cross-presented by dendritic cells.

    Hiroto Kita;Zhe-Xiong Lian;Judy Van de Water;Xiao-Song He

  • Portosystemic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: Results of a prospective controlled study

    Arun J. Sanyal;Arthur M. Freedman;Mitchell L. Shiffman;Preston P. Purdum

  • The natural history of portal hypertension after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts

    Arun J. Sanyal;Arthur M. Freedman;Velimir A. Luketic;Preston P. Purdum

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Burton Combes;Robert L. Carithers;Willis C. Maddrey;Willis C. Maddrey;Danyu Lin

  • Complications of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: a comprehensive review.

    A M Freedman;A J Sanyal;J Tisnado;P E Cole

  • LIVER REGENERATION AND FUNCTION IN DONOR AND RECIPIENT AFTER RIGHT LOBE ADULT TO ADULT LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • The multi-dimensional burden of cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy on patients and caregivers.

    Jasmohan S Bajaj;James B Wade;Douglas P Gibson;Douglas M Heuman

Frequent Co-Authors

Arun J. Sanyal
Arun J. Sanyal Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard K. Sterling
Richard K. Sterling Virginia Commonwealth University
Mitchell L. Shiffman
Mitchell L. Shiffman Bon Secours Health System
Douglas M. Heuman
Douglas M. Heuman Virginia Commonwealth University
Jasmohan S. Bajaj
Jasmohan S. Bajaj Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert A. Fisher
Robert A. Fisher Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kris V. Kowdley
Kris V. Kowdley Washington State University
Gideon M. Hirschfield
Gideon M. Hirschfield University Health Network
John M. Vierling
John M. Vierling Baylor College of Medicine
Keith D. Lindor
Keith D. Lindor Arizona State University

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