Concentrations of connective tissue growth factor in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Association with liver fibrosis


ÇOLAK Y., Senates E., Coskunpinar E., Oltulu Y. M., Zemheri E., Ozturk O., ...Daha Fazla

DISEASE MARKERS, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.77-83, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3233/dma-2012-0907
  • Dergi Adı: DISEASE MARKERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-83
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), fibrosis, TGF-BETA, CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, FACTOR CTGF/CCN2, GENE-EXPRESSION, BINDING DOMAIN, VALIDATION, STEATOSIS, SERUM, CTGF
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the histological fibrosis stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and serum connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) to determine the usefulness of this relationship in clinical practice.