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The Human Gut-Liver-Axis in Health and Disease / edited by Aleksander Krag, Torben Hansen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medicine (Springer-11650)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gastroenterology.
- Clinical medicine.
- Human physiology.
- Endocrinology.
- Hepatology.
- Human Physiology.
- Local Subjects:
- Gastroenterology.
- Hepatology.
- Human Physiology.
- Endocrinology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 294 pages) : 35 illustrations, 34 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2019.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- The book brings together the current knowledge and future perspectives of the complex physiology and pathophysiology of gut-liver interactions in health and disease. It provides readers with a unique overview and access to knowledge that cannot be obtained elsewhere. The structure is logical and covers all aspect including the normal physiology, changes in various liver diseases, technology, sample collection and various interventions. Thus suitable for general reading, lookup for specific questions or as a reference book within the area. The book allows the reader to access all the knowledge that has been generated within the last 10 years in this field. .
- Contents:
- Section 1: Clinical aspects of fatty liver disease
- 1 Aspects of alcoholic fatty liver disease
- 2 Impact of obesity of adults in fatty liver disease
- 3 Impact of childhood obesity in fatty liver disease
- 4 Fetal programming in fatty liver disease
- 5 Health economics and fatty liver disease
- Section 2 : The gut liver axis in health and disease
- 6 The role of the bacterial microbiota in the gut-liver axis
- 7 The role of the virome in the gut-liver axis
- 8 The role of the fungome in the gut-liver axis
- 9 The use of metabolomics in the gut-liver axis
- 10 The use of proteomics in the gut-liver axis
- 11 Human genetics affecting liver disease
- 12 The role of microRNA in the gut-liver axis
- 13 Animal models when examining the gut-liver axis
- 14 Biomarkers of the gut-liver axis for screening, diagnosis, prognosis and prevention of disease.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-319-98890-0
- 9783319988900
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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