Mechanisms of alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity: studies in rats.
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Alcohol treatment results in increases in the release of endotoxin from gut bacteria and membrane permeability of the gut to endotoxin, or both. Females are more sensitive to these changes. Elevated levels of endotoxin activate Kupffer cells to release substances such as eicosanoids, TNF-alpha and free radicals. Prostaglandins increase oxygen uptake and most likely are responsible for the hypermetabolic state in the liver. The increase in oxygen demand leads to hypoxia in the liver, and on reperfusion, alpha-hydroxyethyl free radicals are formed which lead to tissue damage in oxygen-poor pericentral regions of the liver lobule.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999