Soluble CD14 levels reflect liver inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Soluble CD14 levels reflect liver inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

BACKGROUND AIMS: Liver inflammation is a risk factor for the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the diagnosis of liver inflammation is very difficult and invasive liver biopsy is still the only method to reliably detect liver inflammation. We previously reported that o...

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Main Authors: Yuji Ogawa, Kento Imajo, Masato Yoneda, Takaomi Kessoku, Wataru Tomeno, Yoshiyasu Shinohara, Shingo Kato, Hironori Mawatari, Yuichi Nozaki, Koji Fujita, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Shin Maeda, Satoru Saito, Koichiro Wada, Atsushi Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3676404?pdf=render

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