Investigating Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Liver-on-a-Chip Microfluidic Device.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease worldwide, ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, which may progress to cirrhosis, eventually leading to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC ranks as the third highest cause of cancer-related death globally,...

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Main Authors: Manuele Gori, Maria Chiara Simonelli, Sara Maria Giannitelli, Luca Businaro, Marcella Trombetta, Alberto Rainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4954713?pdf=render