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Roles of Kupffer Cells in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Author(s) -
Takei Yoshiyuki,
Arteel Gavin E.,
Bergheim Ina,
Lambert Jason C.,
McMullen M R.,
Nagy Laura E.,
Enomoto Nobuyuki,
Sato Nobuhiro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1097/01.alc.0000168169.20591.64
Subject(s) - alcoholic liver disease , kupffer cell , liver disease , tumor necrosis factor alpha , disease , liver injury , medicine , fatty liver , necrosis , pathology , cirrhosis
This article summarizes presentations at the 2004 International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism held in Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany. The organizers and chairpersons were Yoshiyuki Takei and Gavin E Arteel. The presentations were on 1) Kupffer cell–derived mediators involved in alcoholic liver disease: reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, by Gavin E. Arteel; 2) Kupffer cell–derived mediators in alcoholic liver disease: tumor necrosis factor‐α, by Laura E. Nagy; 3) metformin prevents acute alcohol‐induced fat accumulation in mouse liver, by Ina Bergheim; 4) gender difference in alcoholic liver disease, by Nobuyuki Enomoto; and 5) Kupffer cells as a therapeutic target of alcoholic liver disease, by Yoshiyuki Takei.