Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Z Chen, R Tian, Z She, J Cai, H Li - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver
disease worldwide and is strongly associated with the presence of oxidative stress …

Liver fibrosis: Pathophysiology, pathogenetic targets and clinical issues

M Parola, M Pinzani - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
The progression of chronic liver diseases (CLD), irrespective of etiology, involves chronic
parenchymal injury, persistent activation of inflammatory response as well as sustained …

Cellular mechanisms of liver fibrosis

P Acharya, K Chouhan, S Weiskirchen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The liver is a central organ in the human body, coordinating several key metabolic roles. The
structure of the liver which consists of the distinctive arrangement of hepatocytes, hepatic …

Intestinal barrier and permeability in health, obesity and NAFLD

P Portincasa, L Bonfrate, M Khalil, MD Angelis… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The largest surface of the human body exposed to the external environment is the gut. At this
level, the intestinal barrier includes luminal microbes, the mucin layer, gastrointestinal …

Mechanisms of liver fibrosis and its role in liver cancer

D Dhar, J Baglieri, T Kisseleva… - … Biology and Medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatic fibrogenesis is a pathophysiological outcome of chronic liver injury hallmarked by
excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Fibrosis is a dynamic process that …

Oxidative stress in liver pathophysiology and disease

A Allameh, R Niayesh-Mehr, A Aliarab, G Sebastiani… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The liver is an organ that is particularly exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS), which
not only arise during metabolic functions but also during the biotransformation of …

The role of fibrosis and liver-associated fibroblasts in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Baglieri, DA Brenner, T Kisseleva - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most aggressive types of cancer and lacks
effective therapeutic approaches. Most HCC develops in the setting of chronic liver injury …

Liver fibrosis: Pathophysiology and clinical implications

J Berumen, J Baglieri, T Kisseleva… - WIREs mechanisms of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Liver fibrosis is a clinically significant finding that has major impacts on patient morbidity and
mortality. The mechanism of fibrosis involves many different cellular pathways, but the major …

Liver steatosis, gut-liver axis, microbiome and environmental factors. A never-ending bidirectional cross-talk

A Di Ciaula, J Baj, G Garruti, G Celano… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing worldwide and
parallels comorbidities such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and diabetes …

Metabolic hallmarks of hepatic stellate cells in liver fibrosis

O Khomich, AV Ivanov, B Bartosch - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Liver fibrosis is a regenerative process that occurs after injury. It is characterized by the
deposition of connective tissue by specialized fibroblasts and concomitant proliferative …