Alcohol-associated liver disease: A review on its pathophysiology, diagnosis and drug therapy
Highlights • Chronic intake of alcohol initiates a pathogenic process that involves the production of protein-aldehyde adducts, and release of cytokines.• Involved gene polymorphisms may include alcohol dehydrogenase, cytochrome P4502E1, and those ...
V. Subramaniyan +7 more
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Zinc-glutathione in Chinese Baijiu prevents alcohol-associated liver injury
Zinc depletion is associated with alcohol-associated liver injury. We tested the hypothesis that increasing zinc availability along with alcohol consumption prevents alcohol-associated liver injury.
Yinrui Feng +6 more
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Association of Superoxide Dismutase 2 (SOD2) Genotype with Gray Matter Volume Shrinkage in Chronic Alcohol Users: Replication and Further Evaluation of an Addiction Gene Panel. [PDF]
BackgroundReduction in brain volume, especially gray matter volume, has been shown to be one of the many deleterious effects of prolonged alcohol consumption. High variance in the degree of gray matter tissue shrinkage among alcohol-dependent individuals
Gitik, Miri +5 more
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Oligotrophic Gene Expression in Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4 under Various Nutrient Conditions
Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4 is a super oligotroph that grows on an inorganic basal medium without any additional carbon and nitrogen sources and requires CO2 for its oligotrophic growth. Previously, we found that two genes, aldA and mnoA, encoding NAD-
Yuri Ikeda +3 more
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Introduction: Studies have reported alcohol consumption and genetic variants as major contributing factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).
C. Suo +13 more
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Association of
Functional polymorphism in the genes encoding alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) 1B and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 2 are considered most important among several genetic determinants of alcohol dependence, a complex disorder.
Vaswani Meera +2 more
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Apoptotic damage of pancreatic ductal epithelia by alcohol and its rescue by an antioxidant. [PDF]
Alcohol abuse is a major cause of pancreatitis. However alcohol toxicity has not been fully elucidated in the pancreas and little is known about the effect of alcohol on pancreatic ducts.
Jong Bae Seo +2 more
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Differential accumulation of proteins in oil palms affected by fatal yellowing disease. [PDF]
There is still no consensus on the true origin of fatal yellowing, one of the most important diseases affecting oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations.
Sidney Vasconcelos do Nascimento +6 more
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Compared with the rice-acid soup inoculated with single starter, the synergistically intensified rice-acid soup inoculated with Lactobacillus paracasei H4-11 (L. paracasei H4-11) and Kluyveromyces marxianus L1-1 (K.
Na Liu +4 more
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Effect of antiandrogen flutamide on measures of hepatic regeneration in rats [PDF]
Male rat liver undergoes a process of demasculinization during hepatic regeneration following partial hepatectomy. The possibility that antiandrogens might potentiate this demasculinization process and in so doing augment the hepatic regenerative ...
A Francavilla +36 more
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