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Possible genetic basis and mouse model found for severe nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

February 11, 2023

A mutant or damaged gene may be a cause of a severe, mysterious form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have found. Mice and human liver cells lacking the SRSF1 gene show all the hallmarks of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, also known as NASH, the researchers found.


February 11, 2023


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