The "obese liver" and gastrointestinal cancer risk.

IF 3 4区医学 Q1 Medicine

Translational gastroenterology and hepatology Pub Date : 2020-07-05 eCollection Date: 2020-01-01 DOI:10.21037/tgh.2019.12.07

Amedeo Lonardo, Luca Roncucci

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Abstract

From an evolutionary point of view the accumulation of nutrients under the form of fatty substrates offers a protection during periods of famine (1). While the adipose tissue is the physiological reservoir of energetic fatty substrates, the liver is not (2). The normal liver is indeed virtually devoid of any fat content (3).

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Translational gastroenterology and hepatology Medicine-Gastroenterology

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期刊介绍： Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol; TGH; Online ISSN 2415-1289) is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal that focuses on cutting-edge findings in the field of translational research in gastroenterology and hepatology and provides current and practical information on diagnosis, prevention and clinical investigations of gastrointestinal, pancreas, gallbladder and hepatic diseases. Specific areas of interest include, but not limited to, multimodality therapy, biomarkers, imaging, biology, pathology, and technical advances related to gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. Contributions pertinent to gastroenterology and hepatology are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, public health, human genetics, basic sciences, education, sociology, and nursing.