Microbiota and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-132

  Imajo, Kento ^a   Yoneda, Masato ^a   Ogawa, Yuji ^a,b   Wada, Koichiro ^b   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Microbiota; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 2; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEPTIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; KUPFFER CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROFLORA; MOUTH FLORA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; PERIODONTITIS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84895864200     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-013-0404-6     Document Type: Review

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