Light alcohol consumption has the potential to suppress hepatocellular injury and liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

The modest consumption of alcohol has been reported to decrease the incidence of fatty liver or prevalence of steatohepatitis. In this study, we investigated the effect of light alcohol consumption on liver function and gene expression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).The s...

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Main Authors: Kazutoshi Yamada, Eishiro Mizukoshi, Takuya Seike, Rika Horii, Masaaki Kitahara, Hajime Sunagozaka, Kuniaki Arai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Masao Honda, Shuichi Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5771612?pdf=render