Editors
Aleksander Krag & Torben Hansen
Introduction
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 covers all aspect including the normal physiology, changes in various liver diseases, technology, sample collection and various interventions. Thus suitable for general reading, lookup for specific questions or as a reference book within the area.
The book allows the reader to access all the knowledge that has been generated within the last 10 years in this field.
Table of content
Clinical Aspects of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Adult Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Impact of Childhood Obesity in Fatty Liver Disease
Fetal Programming of Fatty Liver Disease
Health Economics and Fatty Liver Disease
The Role of the Bacterial Microbiota in Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Oral Microbiota and Liver Disease
The Role of the Virome in the Gut-Liver Axis
The Role of the Mycobiota in the Gut-Liver Axis
The Use of Metabolomics to Explore the Gut-Liver Axis
Proteomics in the Study of Liver Diseases
Genetic Aspects of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
The Role of microRNAs in the Gut-Liver Axis