The liver is essential for digestion, metabolism, detoxification, and fluid regulation. While alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease, affecting 4.7% of U.S. adults, non-alcoholic fatty liver ...
Background: Biopsy is the usual gold standard for liver steatosis assessment. The aim of this study was to identify a panel of biomarkers (SteatoTest), with sufficient predictive values, for the ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the more-recently coined term metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) are used interchangeably. 1 The investigators of a newly ...
(A–H) Western blots and quantitative PCR were performed to analyze IRF8 levels in the livers of C57BL/6J male mice fed with HFD or CD (A, B) (n = 5 biologically independent mice), lean or ob/ob male ...
ACC, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase; PPAR, peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor; MPC, mitochondrial pyruvate carrier; THR, thyroid hormone receptor; ASK-1, apoptosis signaling kinase-1; GLP-1R, glucagon ...
Drinking diet soda doesn't cause liver damage but can contribute to fatty liver disease due to artificial sweeteners and other risk factors. Learn more.
A new study published in the journal of Nature Scientific Reports showed that metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic ...