Obesity, Fatty Liver and Liver Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yu, Jun (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1061
• Subjects: Molecular biology.; Cancer research.; Hepatology.; Molecular Medicine.; Cancer Research.
• Physical Description: XII, 157 p. 24 illus., 23 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811086847
• ISSN: 0065-2598 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8684-7

This volume covers a state-of-the-art illustration of recent discoveries concerning obesity-related fatty liver diseases and liver cancer. The contents are extensive and comprehensive. It brings important topics in the field all together under one umbrella, from epidemiology and etiology, molecular pathogenesis, cellular biology, epigenetics, immunology, microbiology, animal models to therapeutic approaches and treatments. All the book contributors are leading experts in the field. It will appeal to researchers, clinicians and graduate students in obesity, fatty liver diseases, GI/Liver cancer field. It may also yield benefits for pharmaceutical companies with regard to drug discovery.