«Not only is this the first study to associate fungi and liver disease,» said senior author Bernd Schnabl, MD, associate professor of gastroenterology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, «we might be able to to slow the progression
of alcoholic liver disease by manipulating the balance of fungal species living in a patient's intestine.»
Liver fibrosis kills thousands of Americans each year and is the result of chronic liver injury caused by such agents as the hepatitis B and C viruses, alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver dis
Liver fibrosis kills thousands
of Americans each year and is the result
of chronic
liver injury caused by such agents as the hepatitis B and C viruses, alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver dis
liver injury caused
by such agents as the hepatitis B and C viruses,
alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver dis
liver disease and non-
alcoholic fatty
liver dis
liver disease.
«
Alcoholic liver disease is a spectrum of conditions that range from hepatic steatosis, which is fat deposition in the liver and it is reversible with sobriety, to alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized by extensive and severe inflammation in the liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for t
Alcoholic liver disease is a spectrum
of conditions that range from hepatic steatosis, which is fat deposition in the
liver and it is reversible with sobriety, to
alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized by extensive and severe inflammation in the liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for t
alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized
by extensive and severe inflammation in the
liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor
of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for the study.
The aims
of our study were to investigate bacterial translocation, changes in the enteric microbiome, and its regulation
by mucosal antimicrobial proteins in
alcoholic liver disease.