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Progressive Cholestasis and Biliary Cirrhosis After Initiating Oral Semaglutide: Report From the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network.

ACG Case Rep J · 2022

Last updated 2026-08-28
JournalACG Case Rep J, 2022
Citations8
Relative citation ratio0.64
NIH percentile36
Molecules semaglutide

Abstract

Semaglutide has little hepatic metabolism and is deemed low risk for causing drug-induced liver injury (DILI). We present a case of DILI from the US DILI Network. The case involved a 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes who presented with jaundice and acute-on-chronic kidney disease 6 months after starting oral semaglutide. His liver injury progressed to biliary cirrhosis, accompanied by nephritis that led to end-stage renal disease. Extensive evaluations including liver and kidney biopsies revealed no alternative etiologies. Cholestatic gene sequencing revealed heterozygosity for and . He eventually underwent combined liver and kidney transplantation.

Verbatim abstract via PubMed 36600793 ↗

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