The role of fructose in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 251-264

  Lim, Jung Sub ^a   Mietus Snyder, Michele ^b   Valente, Annie ^b   Schwarz, Jean Marc ^c   Lustig, Robert H ^b  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Touro University California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FRUCTOSE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 77952096918     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2010.41     Document Type: Review

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