Epigenetic targets for reversing immune defects caused by alcohol exposure

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-113

  Curtis, Brenda J ^a   Zahs, Anita ^a   Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS); Adaptive immunity; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol exposure; Alcoholic liver disease (ALD); Alcoholism; Binge drinking; Chronic drinking; DNA code; Epigenetic mechanisms; Epigenetic targets; Epigenetics; Gut; Immune cells; Immune system; Infections; Inflammation; Innate immunity; Liver cancer; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881513879     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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