Alcoholic Hepatitis
Glycine may prevent liver cancer by impeding angiogenesis
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 13th, 2006
"Activation of Kupffer cells by gut-derived endotoxin is an important factor in ethanol hepatotoxicity. Further, it was shown that ethanol modulates both the expression and activity of several intracellular signaling molecules and transcription factors in Kupffer cells and chronic ethanol treatment enhances Kupffer cell sensitivity to endotoxin," scientists in Japan report.
"These findings suggest that inhibition of Kupffer cell activation is effective for clinical application in alcoholic hepatitis. Recently, accumulating lines of evidence suggest a possibility that glycine is useful as an...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-02-13)
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