Cholesterol and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Renewed focus on an old villain

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1995-1998

  Kerr, Thomas A ^a   Davidson, Nicholas O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA 34A; SIRTUIN 1;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84868244486     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26088     Document Type: Note

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