Liver Metabolism and Fatty Liver Disease

ISBN-13: 9780367659080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 338 str.

Oren Tirosh

Opis

About 30% of the general population suffers from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and the incidence of more serious fatty liver disorders increases with obesity. This volume discusses the current understanding of the development of fatty liver disease and reviews its clinical aspects. Expert contributors discuss the absorption and metabolism o

Spis treści

Introduction to Fatty Liver Disease and Consequences. Fatty Liver Disease and Consequences. Nutrition Role in Liver Protection and Damage.

O autorze

Oren Tirosh is an associate professor at the School of Nutrition Science in the Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received his PhD from the School of Pharmacy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Tirosh is a lifetime honorary member in the Oxygen Club of California and is active in the board of The Israel Society for Oxygen and Free Radical Research. His research interests include nitric oxide and redox biology, oxidative stress and liver pathology, and lipid metabolism under liver disease conditions.