Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of NASH

Hepatology International

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 394-406

  Eslam, Mohammed ^a   George, Jacob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Genetic; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 8; HISTONE H3; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 15B; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 192; MICRORNA 19A; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 375; SIRTUIN; SIRTUIN 1; SIRTUIN 6; SIRTUIN 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CHROMATIN; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84950279043     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-015-9689-y     Document Type: Review

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