Research advances in the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and atherosclerosis

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Xin ^a,b   Lu, Linlin ^b,c   Dong, Quanyong ^a,b   Li, Xiaolin ^a,b   Zhang, Nannan ^a,b   Xin, Yongning ^a,b,c   Xuan, Shiying ^a,b,c  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Digestive Disease Key Laboratory of Qingdao   (China)

^c QINGDAO MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FETUIN A; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84949671299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12944-015-0141-z     Document Type: Review

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