Inflammation in Alcoholic Liver Disease
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Oxidative Stress and Inflammation: Essential Partners in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a multifaceted disease that is characterized by hepatic steatosis or fat deposition and hepatitis or inflammation. Over the past decade, multiple lines of evidence have emerged on the mechanisms associated with ALD. The key mechanisms identified so far are sensitization to gut-derived endotoxin/lipopolysaccharide resulting in proinflammatory cytokine production ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0199-9885,1545-4312
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-072610-145138