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Increased parenchymal damage and steatohepatitis in Caucasian non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with common IL1B and IL6 polymorphisms.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Dec 2016
Nelson J E, Handa P, Aouizerat B, Wilson L, Vemulakonda L A, Yeh M M, Kowdley K V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a complex, multifactorial disease affected by diet, lifestyle and genetics. Proinflammatory cytokines like IL-1β and IL-6 have been shown to be elevated in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). AIM: To investigate the relationship between IL1B and IL6 gene polymorphisms and histological features of NAFLD in the NASH CRN cohort. METHODS: A total of 604 adult...
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