Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease : molecular bases, prevention and treatment / Rodrigo Valenzuela Baez, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodrigo Valenzuela

Contributor:

Baez, Rodrigo Valenzuela, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatty liver.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Other Title:

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2018

[Place of publication not identified] : IntechOpen, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with a prevalence of 20-30% worldwide is characterized by the buildup of fat in the liver (liver steatosis) with no or little alcohol consumption. Its principal causes are modern diet and occidental lifestyle. It is characterized by metabolic disturbances such as insulin resistance, inflammation, and oxidative stress, considered as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. There is no effective drug therapy for this disease; therefore, lifestyle interventions remain as the first-line treatment. Nevertheless, the adherence rates to this type of treatment are very low, so great efforts are focused at finding novel therapeutic agents for the prevention of hepatic steatosis and its progression. This book presents a systematic and comprehensive revision about NAFLD, highlighting its epidemiological and molecular aspects, as well as its prevention and treatment.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from cover (Intech, viewed October 12, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535140290

9535140299

9789535139249

953513924X