A model of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in rats: role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid treatment on liver injury.

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Published in Am J Pathol on September 01, 2006

Authors

Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni1, Cinzia Candelaresi, Stefania Saccomanno, Gianna Ferretti, Tiziana Bachetti, Marco Marzioni, Samuele De Minicis, Liliana Nobili, Renata Salzano, Alessia Omenetti, Deborah Pacetti, Soeren Sigmund, Antonio Benedetti, Alessandro Casini

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. g.svegliati@univpm.it

Associated clinical trials:

Omega-3 vs Very Low Calorie Diet for Liver Size Reduction | NCT03132662

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