Role of innate immune response in non alcoholic fatty liver disease: metabolic complications and therapeutic tools

Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common liver disease worldwide, both in adults and children. It is characterized by an aberrant lipid storage in hepatocytes, named hepatic steatosis. Simple steatosis remains a benign process in most affected patients, while some of th...

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Main Authors: Rosaria eMeli, Giuseppina eMattace Raso, Antonio eCalignano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00177/full