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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Singal AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290320 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Singal Ashwani K AK Bailey Shannon M SM
Gene expression 20180725 1
Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) is the third most common preventable cause for disease burden and mortality in the US. AALD, including alcoholic hepatitis (AH), contributes to half of admissions from decompensated liver disease and 20% of all liver transplants in the US. Peripheral blood cells contribute to systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and fibrosis in AALD and AH. Alcohol dysregulates function of lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, and tissue macro ...[more]