How Inflammation Impinges on NAFLD: A Role for Kupffer Cells

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most prevalent cause of liver disease worldwide and afflicts adults and children as currently associated with obesity and insulin resistance. Even though lately some advances have been made to elucidate the mechanism and causes of the...

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Main Authors: Nádia Duarte, Inês C. Coelho, Rita S. Patarrão, Joana I. Almeida, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, M. Paula Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/984578