Why timing matters in MASLD: Late-day metabolic control.

Gastaldelli, Amalia · Cell Metab · 2026

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Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is traditionally viewed as a static consequence of chronic caloric excess and insulin resistance. In the work previewed here, MASLD instead emerges as a disorder of time-of-day-dependent metabolic vulnerability, characterized by reduced insulin availability and worsening multisystem insulin resistance in the evening compared with the morning.

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