Activation of Proteinase 3 Contributes to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Insulin Resistance

Abstract Activation of inflammatory pathways is known to accompany development of obesity-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In addition to caspase-1, the neutrophil serine proteases proteinase 3, neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G are able to...

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Main Authors: Erik J M Toonen, Andreea-Manuela Mirea, Cees J Tack, Rinke Stienstra, Dov B Ballak, Janna A van Diepen, Anneke Hijmans, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Wim H Dokter, Christine T N Pham, Mihai G Netea, Charles A Dinarello, Leo A B Joosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:Molecular Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.2119/molmed.2016.00033