Hepatitis C virus and metabolic disorder interactions towards liver damage and atherosclerosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2825-2838

  Vespasiani Gentilucci, Umberto ^a   Gallo, Paolo ^a   De Vincentis, Antonio ^a   Galati, Giovanni ^a   Picardi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes mellitus; Fibrosis; Hepatitis C virus; Insulin resistance; Metabolism; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PIOGLITAZONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER INJURY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 84896487164     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.2825     Document Type: Article

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