LIVER DISEASES

Hepatitis

Studies of Interest

Hepatitis C Help Book
Doc Misha's Chicken Soup Medicine 

Cholestasis

Pathophysiology of Cholestasis

Fatty Liver

Metabolism of Hepatic Steatosis
Kuppfer Cells Trigger Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Development 
in Diet-induced Mouse Model through Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Production

IAS 2011: Inflammation Markers Linked to Liver Disease, Death in HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV Coinfection - Differentiates role of LPS, IL-6 etc in disease profession , flares. 

• LPS, endotoxin, IL-10, and TNF-alfa levels did not differ in quantity or slope (rate of change) over time between progressors and non-progressors.
• However, levels of the indirect markers IL-6 (inflammation) and sCD14 (macrophage activation) were significantly higher among progressors, and the IL-6 slope was greater.

Based on these findings, the researchers concluded, "Markers of macrophage activation and inflammation were higher in HIV/HCV coinfected women during periods when liver disease progression occurred, however LPS did not differ between progressors and non-progressors.