Open AccessAn annual topic highlight: Alcohol and liver, 2011
Author(s) -
Natalia A. Osna
Publication year - 2011
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.v17.i20.2455
Subject(s) - alcoholic liver disease , alcoholic hepatitis , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , liver injury , exacerbation , immunology , viral hepatitis , hepatitis c virus , virology , virus , bioinformatics , biology , gastroenterology , cirrhosis
An annual topic highlight: Alcohol and Liver, 2011, covers the important and new aspects of pathogenesis of alcoholic liver diseases (ALD). It includes broad topics ranging from the exacerbation of ALD by infectious (viral) agents (hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus) to the influence of alcohol on liver fibrogenesis, lipid rafts, autophagy and other aspects. This issue is recommended for both basic scientists and clinicians who are involved in alcoholic liver research