Advances in alcoholic liver disease.
Advances in alcoholic liver disease.
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DOI:
10.1155/2012/563018
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Dolganiuc A
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作者:
Osna N;Kharbanda K;Schrum L;Dolganiuc A
This special issue reflects on multiple factors/mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of ALD. Alcoholic liver injury is known to cause a broad range of liver abnormalities. Alcohol is primarily metabolized in the hepatocyte leading to increased secretion of inflammatory mediators, which, in turn, activate and/or influence the response of the nonparenchymal cells (NPCs)(hepatic stellate cells, Kupffer cells, and sinusoidal endothelial cells) and subsequently control the degree of liver injury.This issue overviews general aspects of ALD, such as oxidative stress and inflammation (A. Ambade and P. Mandrekar) as well as the molecular aspects of these events, including the role of ethanol-metabolizing enzymes, ADH (T. Haseba et al.), and CYP2E1 (AI Cederbaum et al.) in the development of alcohol-induced liver injury. In addition, signaling mechanisms induced by alcohol are examined in the paper by LN Gerjevic et al. As a separate pathogenic aspect, the role of microRNA in ALD is analyzed in the paper by S. Bala and G. Szabo.