Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications.
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Angulo, P; Machado, MV; Diehl, AM
Published in: Semin Liver Dis
May 2015
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is tightly associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in the United States and other Western countries. It is also the liver disease most rapidly increasing in prevalence in the United States, and has become a major indication for liver transplantation worldwide. Compelling evidence shows that the degree of liver fibrosis dictates liver prognosis in NAFLD. This review focuses on fibrosis based on clinical and basic perspectives. The authors summarize the physiopathology of fibrosis development and progression in NAFLD, highlighting its molecular mechanisms, clinical consequences of fibrosis, the diagnostic approach and management strategies.
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Semin Liver Dis
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1098-8971
Publication Date
May 2015
Volume
35
Issue
2
Start / End Page
132 / 145
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Prognosis
- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Disease Progression
- Animals
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Angulo, P., Machado, M. V., & Diehl, A. M. (2015). Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications. Semin Liver Dis, 35(2), 132–145. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1550065
Angulo, Paul, Mariana Verdelho Machado, and Anna Mae Diehl. “Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications.” Semin Liver Dis 35, no. 2 (May 2015): 132–45. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1550065.
Angulo P, Machado MV, Diehl AM. Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications. Semin Liver Dis. 2015 May;35(2):132–45.
Angulo, Paul, et al. “Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications.” Semin Liver Dis, vol. 35, no. 2, May 2015, pp. 132–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1055/s-0035-1550065.
Angulo P, Machado MV, Diehl AM. Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications. Semin Liver Dis. 2015 May;35(2):132–145.
Published In
Semin Liver Dis
DOI
EISSN
1098-8971
Publication Date
May 2015
Volume
35
Issue
2
Start / End Page
132 / 145
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Prognosis
- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Disease Progression
- Animals
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences