Association between Serum Atypical Fibroblast Growth Factors 21 and 19 and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Association between Serum Atypical Fibroblast Growth Factors 21 and 19 and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Atypical fibroblast growth factors (FGF) 21 and 19 play a central role in energy metabolism through the mediation of Klotho coreceptor. Contradictory findings are available about the association of FGF21 and FGF19 with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in humans. We investigated the associati...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anna Alisi, Sara Ceccarelli, Nadia Panera, Federica Prono, Stefania Petrini, Cristiano De Stefanis, Marco Pezzullo, Alberto Tozzi, Alberto Villani, Giorgio Bedogni, Valerio Nobili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3694051?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3694051?pdf=render

Similar Items