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SUBMITTER: Inoue-Yamauchi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862334 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inoue-Yamauchi Akane A Itagaki Hiroko H Oda Hideaki H
Carcinogenesis 20180101 1
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the hepatic manifestation of obesity, is an emerging risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Accumulating evidence has shown that chronic inflammation represents a plausible link between obesity and HCC and that the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 contributes to the development of obesity-related HCC. In the present study, we aimed to examine the therapeutic potential of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid ...[more]