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Guo-Tao Liu, Yu-Cui Zhu, Tao Zhang, Jin Wang, Tao Yan, Wei Lv, Ding-Hua Zhou
Guo-Tao Liu, Tao Zhang, Jin Wang, Tao Yan, Wei Lv, Ding-Hua Zhou, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Rockets Army General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100088, China
Yu-Cui Zhu, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Weifang Medical College, Weifang 261053, Shandong Province, China
Correspondence to: Ding-Hua Zhou, Chief Physician, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Rockets Army General Hospital of PLA, 16 Xinjiekouwai Avence, Xicheng District, Beijing 100088, China. zhoudh@sina.com
Received: March 4, 2017 Revised: April 5, 2017 Accepted: April 17, 2017 Published online: May 28, 2017
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a chronic liver disease, and it includes hepatic steatosis, alcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver failure. Many factors are thought to contribute to the development of ALD, particularly oxidative stress, generation of reactive oxygen species during alcohol metabolism, adipokines from visceral adipose tissue, and endotoxin derived from the gut. Currently, although the pathogenesis of ALD has been widely investigated, the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. With the improvement of human living standard and the change of lifestyle in China, the population of alcoholics has increasingly risen, and alcohol consumption ranks second among the etiologies of liver disease. Therefore, ALD treatment has attracted widespread attention. This paper will review the latest research on the risk factors and treatment of ALD.
Citation: Liu GT, Zhu YC, Zhang T, Wang J, Yan T, Lv W, Zhou DH. Advances in research of alcoholic liver disease. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2017; 25(15): 1382-1388
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