Iron and HFE mutations in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: innocent bystanders or accessories to the crime?

Gastroenterology. 2003 Aug;125(2):615-6; discussion 617. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(03)00963-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Fatty Liver / etiology*
  • Fatty Liver / genetics
  • Fatty Liver / metabolism
  • Hemochromatosis Protein
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Mutation*

Substances

  • HFE protein, human
  • Hemochromatosis Protein
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Iron