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The relationship between hepatic resistin overexpression and inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Hepatic resistin overexpression in NASH patients is associated with the severity of liver inflammation and fibrosis, and Liver-derived resistin may be involved in the pathogenesis of human NASH.
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Background The relationship between resistin and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is not clear, some studies claimed that serum resistin levels were associated with neither the presence of NASH nor its severity, others declared that serum resistin was related with inflammation and fibrosis in NASH. Our animal study verified that the distribution of resistin in the liver is correlated with inflammation in NASH. However, there is no pertinent study in humans.

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