Overview
- Covers a state-of-the-art illustration of recent discoveries concerning obesity-related fatty liver diseases and liver cancer
- Brings important topics in the field all together under one umbrella
- Provides an extensive and comprehensive material for the researchers, clinicians and students in fatty liver diseases, GI/Liver cancer field
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1061)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This volume covers a state-of-the-art illustration of recent discoveries concerning obesity-related fatty liver diseases and liver cancer. The contents are extensive and comprehensive. It brings important topics in the field all together under one umbrella, from epidemiology and etiology, molecular pathogenesis, cellular biology, epigenetics, immunology, microbiology, animal models to therapeutic approaches and treatments. All the book contributors are leading experts in the field. It will appeal to researchers, clinicians and graduate students in obesity, fatty liver diseases, GI/Liver cancer field. It may also yield benefits for pharmaceutical companies with regard to drug discovery.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Jun Yu is Professor in Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Director of Research Laboratory of Institute of Digestive Disease, Associate Director of State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease and Faculty of Medicine in The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obesity, Fatty Liver and Liver Cancer
Editors: Jun Yu
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8684-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8683-0Published: 12 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4213-4Published: 06 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8684-7Published: 28 June 2018
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research, Hepatology