Adenosine: Tipping the balance towards hepatic steatosis and fibrosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 941-943

  Robson, Simon C ^a   Schuppan, Detlef ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; CD39; CD73; Ethanol; Extonucleotidase; Fibrosis; Fructose; Hepatic stellate cell; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Knockout; Liver; Liver fibrosis; NAFLD; NASH; Nucleotide; PPAR; Receptor; Steatosis; T cell

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; CD39 ANTIGEN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PURINERGIC P2 RECEPTOR; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77952422323     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.02.009     Document Type: Note

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