title: Role of different dietary fatty acids in the pathogenesis of experimental alcoholic liver disease.
abstract: Both dietary fatty acids and alcohol play an important role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease. Findings of studies in rats show a steatogenic role for dietary fat. A role for polyunsaturated fatty acids in alcoholic liver disease is supported by results of studies, which show that pathologic changes occur only in rats fed ethanol with polyunsaturated fatty acids. The mechanisms through which the fatty acids promote alcoholic liver disease include enhanced oxidative stress, production of endotoxin, and increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Founders 7.103, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. amin.nanji@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Amin A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nanji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated