Role of cytokines and chemokines in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 727-735

  Braunersreuther, Vincent ^a   Viviani, Giorgio Luciano ^b   Mach, François ^a   Montecucco, Fabrizio ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cytokine; Inflammation; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; ETANERCEPT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RANTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOCLAST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84857550029     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i8.727     Document Type: Review

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