The Human Gut-Liver-Axis in Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krag, Aleksander (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hansen, Torben (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Gastroenterology .; Hepatology.; Human physiology.; Endocrinology .; Gastroenterology.; Human Physiology.; Endocrinology.

The book brings together the current knowledge and future perspectives of the complex physiology and pathophysiology of gut-liver interactions in health and disease. It provides readers with a unique overview and access to knowledge that cannot be obtained elsewhere. The structure is logical and cov...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Clinical aspects of fatty liver disease
• 1 Aspects of alcoholic fatty liver disease
• 2 Impact of obesity of adults in fatty liver disease
• 3 Impact of childhood obesity in fatty liver disease
• 4 Fetal programming in fatty liver disease
• 5 Health economics and fatty liver disease
• Section 2 : The gut liver axis in health and disease
• 6 The role of the bacterial microbiota in the gut-liver axis
• 7 The role of the virome in the gut-liver axis
• 8 The role of the fungome in the gut-liver axis
• 9 The use of metabolomics in the gut-liver axis
• 10 The use of proteomics in the gut-liver axis
• 11 Human genetics affecting liver disease
• 12 The role of microRNA in the gut-liver axis
• 13 Animal models when examining the gut-liver axis
• 14 Biomarkers of the gut-liver axis for screening, diagnosis, prognosis and prevention of disease.