The role of hepatokines in NAFLD-related extrahepatic diseases: culprit or accomplice?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
² Department of Cardiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Comment

Ri-Yue Jiang et al. Gut. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;67(3):590.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314411. Epub 2017 Jun 10.

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
² Department of Cardiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Keywords: extrahepatic disease; hepatokines; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its relationship with cardiovascular disease and other extrahepatic diseases.
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