Viral hepatitis and fatty liver disease: How an unwelcome guest makes pâté of the host

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 416, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Brown, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex 1 of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTORC1); Hepatic steatosis; Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Oxysterol; Statin; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; SREBF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FATTY LIVER; GENE ACTIVATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4-KINASE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIVER; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 58149314013     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081916     Document Type: Note

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