Exposure to ambient air particulate matter and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3951-3956

  Tarantino, Giovanni ^a,b   Capone, Domenico ^a   Finelli, Carmine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INT 'Fondazione Pascale' Cancer Research Center of Mercogliano   (Italy)

^c Stella Maris Mediterraneum Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

2.5 m; Cytochrome p 450; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters <; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 84880072384     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i25.3951     Document Type: Article

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