Kupffer cells: increasingly significant role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Kupffer cells: increasingly significant role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered to be a manifestation of liver metabolic damage and is related to insulin resistance and genetic susceptibility. Inflammation mediated by Kupffer cells (KCs) is of critical importance to the development of NAFLD. The primary role of KCs in NAFLD is considered to be the perturbation of the C-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and nuclear factor-ka...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hepatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31247-5