Open AccessAssociation of the frequency of peripheral natural killer T cells with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Author(s) -
Chengfu Xu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4504
Subject(s) - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , medicine , natural killer t cell , fatty liver , peripheral , endocrinology , body mass index , immunology , disease , t cell , immune system
To investigate whether changes in the frequency of peripheral natural killer T (NKT) cells were correlated with liver disease in patients who had metabolic predispositions to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).