In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

Cohort-specific analysis of liver microbial DNA signatures and liver histology Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene signature in each individual cohort revealed that the liver bacterial metataxonomic ...

Liver diseases are any diseases that affect the functioning of the liver. Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example ...

This is a useful study in the role of CHI3L1 in Kupffer cells, the macrophages of the liver, showing that CHI3L1 alters glucose regulation in obesity. Specifically, Chi3l1 protects glucose-dependent ...

It has been this author's experience that a subset of patients with severe fatigue and relatively mild liver histology has underlying sleep apnea and benefits from appropriate management.