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

ÇOLAK, YAŞAR; Senates, Ebubekir; Coskunpinar, Ender; Oltulu, Yasemin; Zemheri, Ebru; Ozturk, Oguzhan; Doganay, Levent; MESCİ, BANU; YILMAZ, YUSUF; Enc, Feruze; Kiziltas, Safak; Ulasoglu, Celal; TUNCER, İLYAS

doi:10.3233/dma-2012-0907

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

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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)

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.