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Alcoholic Liver Disease in the Asian–Pacific Region with High Prevalence of Chronic Viral Hepatitis
The hospitalized cases and mortality from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) are increasing in Taiwan and worldwide. Meanwhile, the Asia–Pacific region also has a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Sien-Sing Yang
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Comparison of TNF-α Levels in Alcoholic Liver Disease Patients with and without Hepatitis: A Cross-sectional Study in Coastal Karnataka, India [PDF]
Introduction: Alcohol-induced liver injury triggers inflammatory reactions through pro-inflammatory cytokine Tumour Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α). The estimation of TNF-α would provide valuable information on the degree of activation of immune system and ...
TM Anuraghi +3 more
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Alcohol‐related liver disease is a major public health burden, and the gut microbiota is an important contributor to disease pathogenesis. The aim of the present study is to characterize functional alterations of the gut microbiota and test their ...
Bei Gao +26 more
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Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Review [PDF]
AbstractAlcoholic liver disease (ALD) represents a spectrum of injury, ranging from simple steatosis to alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis. Regular alcohol use results in fatty changes in the liver which can develop into inflammation, fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis with continued, excessive drinking.
Nooshin, Hosseini +2 more
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Intestinal fungi contribute to development of alcoholic liver disease [PDF]
This study was supported in part by NIH grants R01 AA020703, U01 AA021856 and by Award Number I01BX002213 from the Biomedical Laboratory Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development (to B.S.). K.H.
Ali Keshavarzian +37 more
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Management of alcoholic hepatitis [PDF]
About 5,000 people die each year from chronic liver disease in England and Wales alone.1 In many patients, the liver injury is due to chronic excessive alcohol consumption and manifests as alcoholic hepatitis (an acute inflammation of the liver), cirrhosis, or alcoholic hepatitis superimposed on a background of cirrhosis.2 Mild alcoholic hepatitis may ...
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Objective: To examine the natural history of acute alcoholic hepatitis (AH) and identify predictors of mortality for AH using data from a prospective multicenter observational study.
Spencer Lourens, PhD +38 more
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Machine Learning Applied to Omics Datasets Predicts Mortality in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis
Alcoholic hepatitis is a major health care burden in the United States due to significant morbidity and mortality. Early identification of patients with alcoholic hepatitis at greatest risk of death is extremely important for proper treatments and ...
Bei Gao +8 more
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is an important cause of global liver disease characterized by diffuse hepatocytes with hepatocellular ballooning, intrahepatic inflammation and progressive fibrosis.
V. I. Didenko +4 more
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Gut-microbiota prompt activation of natural killer cell on alcoholic liver disease
The liver is rich in innate immune cells, such as natural killer (NK) cells, natural killer T cells, and Kupffer cells associated with the gut microbiome. These immune cells are dysfunctional owing to alcohol consumption.
Jung A Eom +13 more
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