Liver steatosis, but not fibrosis, is associated with insulin resistance in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Fibrosis in genotype 3 chronic hepatitis

Fibrosis in genotype 3 chronic hepatitis C and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Role of insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis

✍ Elisabetta Bugianesi; Gulio Marchesini; Elena Gentilcore; Ian Homer Y. Cua; Este 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 229 KB 👁 2 views

Increased fructose consumption is associ

Increased fructose consumption is associated with fibrosis severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

✍ Manal F. Abdelmalek; Ayako Suzuki; Cynthia Guy; Aynur Unalp-Arida; Ryan Colvin; 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 209 KB 👁 1 views

The rising incidence of obesity and diabetes coincides with a marked increase in fructose consumption. Fructose consumption is higher in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) than in age-matched and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. Because fructose elicits metabolic pertur

Genetic variant in PNPLA3 is associated

Genetic variant in PNPLA3 is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in China

✍ Yiling Li; Chao Xing; Jonathan C. Cohen; Helen H. Hobbs 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 212 KB 👁 1 views

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a burgeoning medical problem that affects 20%-34% of the population in Western countries. 1 Although the prevalence of NAFLD is somewhat lower in Asia, the frequency is increasing, and the disorder is now being seen in younger individuals. 2,3 NAFLD is a m

Cigarette smoking is not associated with

Cigarette smoking is not associated with specific histological features or severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

✍ Yusuf Yilmaz; Oya Yonal; Ramazan Kurt; Erol Avsar 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 176 KB 👁 1 views

We read with great interest the article by Azzalini et al., 1 who demonstrated that cigarette smoking worsens the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese Zucker rats. In a related letter, Xu and coworkers 2 showed that cigarette smoking may act as a cofactor but not as an indep

Cholesterol-fed rabbit as a unique model

Cholesterol-fed rabbit as a unique model of nonalcoholic, nonobese, non-insulin-resistant fatty liver disease with characteristic fibrosis

✍ Mosaburo Kainuma; Makoto Fujimoto; Nobuyasu Sekiya; Koichi Tsuneyama; Chunmei Ch 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Springer Japan 🌐 English ⚖ 791 KB

Reply: Cigarette Smoking Is Not Associat

Reply: Cigarette Smoking Is Not Associated with Specific Histological Features or Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

✍ Lorenzo Azzalini; José Altamirano; Ramón Bataller 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 176 KB 👁 1 views

We read with great interest the article by Azzalini et al., 1 who demonstrated that cigarette smoking worsens the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese Zucker rats. In a related letter, Xu and coworkers 2 showed that cigarette smoking may act as a cofactor but not as an indep