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