Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme primarily found in your liver. An enzyme is a protein that helps speed up chemical reactions. ALT is involved in cellular energy production. ALT levels in ...

Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

More than 11% of US adolescents had suspected metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and 77.2% with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels met the criteria for ...

Annabelle, an 18-year-old white woman, was referred by her primary care provider to our gastroenterology practice for markedly elevated serum transaminase levels. Her mother and grandmother ...

Like most chronic liver diseases, in NAFLD there is a long period during which an individual patient remains essentially asymptomatic. In asymptomatic individuals, the diagnosis is often made when a ...

Doctors can diagnose fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using blood tests that measure serum liver enzyme levels. Elevated enzyme levels ...

WASHINGTON -- An investigational dual therapy appeared to show antiviral activity in patients with chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection, according to the phase II SOLSTICE trial. At week 24, the ...