Expression of insulin-like growth factor I and its receptor in the liver of children with biopsy-proven NAFLD.

Expression of insulin-like growth factor I and its receptor in the liver of children with biopsy-proven NAFLD.

<h4>Background and aims</h4>Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the major complications of obesity, occurring already in pediatric age. Insulin like growth factor-I has been proposed as a potential therapeutic agent for its beneficial effect in experimental liver fibrosis. The aim...

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Main Authors: Anna Alisi, Valentina Pampanini, Cristiano De Stefanis, Nadia Panera, Annalisa Deodati, Valerio Nobili, Stefano Cianfarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201566&type=printable

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