Pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1969-1987

  Liu, Wensheng ^a   Baker, Robert D ^a   Bhatia, Tavleen ^a   Zhu, Lixin ^a   Baker, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Genetic predisposition; Gut microbiota; Hepatic stellate cells

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL STRESS; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; ENDOTOXEMIA; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMISTRY; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STELLATE CELL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; FATTY ACIDS; FIBROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KUPFFER CELLS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84963864530     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2161-x     Document Type: Review

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