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Chronic Exposure to Low Doses of Dioxin Promotes Liver Fibrosis Development in the C57BL/6J Diet-Induced Obesity Mouse Model
Author(s) -
Caroline Duval,
Fatima Teixeira-Clerc,
Alix F. Leblanc,
Sothea Touch,
Claude Emond,
Michèle Guerre-Millo,
Sophie Lotersztajn,
Robert Barouki,
Μartine Aggerbeck,
Xavier Coumoul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp316
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , fibrosis , steatosis , fatty liver , aryl hydrocarbon receptor , triglyceride , alanine transaminase , lipid metabolism , hepatic fibrosis , obesity , biology , cholesterol , disease , biochemistry , transcription factor , gene
Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been associated with the progression of chronic liver diseases, yet the contribution of POPs to the development of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition closely linked to obesity, remains poorly documented.

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