Implication of ghrelin isoforms in the improvement of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgery improves NAFLD and NASH, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The present thesis shows the potential role of acylated and desacyl ghrelin in the progression of NAFLD to NASH through the amelioration of hepatic steatosis and inflammation after bariatric surgery in an experi...

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Main Authors: Ezquerro-Ezquerro, S. (Silvia), Rodriguez, A. (Amaia), Frühbeck, G. (Gema)
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/58409