| Literature DB >> 28642119 |
Ming-Jiang Xu1, Zhou Zhou1, Richard Parker2, Bin Gao3.
Abstract
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease with a wide spectrum of manifestations including simple steatosis to steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver injury in ALD is caused by chronic inflammation, which has been actively investigated as a therapeutic target for the treatment of ALD for over the last four decades. In this review, we summarize a wide variety of inflammatory mediators that have been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis of ALD, and discuss the therapeutic potential of these mediators for the treatment of ALD. Published by Elsevier Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28642119 PMCID: PMC5677537 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.06.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pharmacol Ther ISSN: 0163-7258 Impact factor: 12.310