TY - JOUR AU - Shen, Chuan AU - Zhao, Cai-Yan AU - Wang, Wei AU - Wang, Ya-Dong AU - Sun, Hui AU - Cao, Wei AU - Yu, Wei-Yan AU - Zhang, Li AU - Ji, Ru AU - Li, Meng AU - Gao, Jian PY - 2014 DA - 2014/02/23 TI - The relationship between hepatic resistin overexpression and inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis JO - BMC Gastroenterology SP - 39 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The relationship between resistin and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is not clear, some studies claimed that serum resistin levels were associated with neither the presence of NASH nor its severity, others declared that serum resistin was related with inflammation and fibrosis in NASH. Our animal study verified that the distribution of resistin in the liver is correlated with inflammation in NASH. However, there is no pertinent study in humans. SN - 1471-230X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-14-39 DO - 10.1186/1471-230X-14-39 ID - Shen2014 ER -