Sex-Related Liver Injury Due to Alcohol Involves Activation of Kupffer Cells by Endotoxin

Females have a greater susceptibility to ethanol-induced liver injury than males. Females who drink ethanol regularly and have been overweight for 10 years or more are at greater risk for both hepatitis and cirrhosis than males, and females develop ethanol-induced liver injury more rapidly and with...

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Main Author: Ronald G Thurman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/735262
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