Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Unit 1: Genesis, Diagnosis and Treatments
Chapter 1 – Hepatic Steatosis: Origins, Epidemiology and Pharmacological Treatments (pp. 3-20)
Simone Moreira de Macêdo, MSc, Jamille Fernandes Lula, MSc, Lucinéia de Pinho, PhD and Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, PhD (Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, and Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil)
Chapter 2 – Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Diagnostic Methods (pp. 23-42)
Antônio Sérgio Barcala Jorge, MD, Gislaine Cândida Batista Jorge, MD and Thaísa Soares Crespo, MD (Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil)
Chapter 3 – Bariatric Surgery as Potential Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (pp. 43-60)
Shuja Hafeez and Mohamed H. Ahmed (William Brown Medical Centre, County Durham, and Department of Medicine, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK)
Unit 2: Nutrition and Molecular Mechanisms in Liver
Chapter 4 – Lipid Metabolism in Fatty Liver Disease (pp. 63-76)
Luciana Rodrigues Fernandes Meyer, PhD (Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB). Biochemistry Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG) – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil)
Chapter 5 – Liver Steatosis: Inflammation and Oxidative Stress (pp. 77-96)
Lucíola da Silva Barcelos, PhD, Leandro Barbosa do Prado, MSc, Leandro Ceotto Freitas Lima, MSc and Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, PhD (Angiogenesis, Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), Pharmacology Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil)
Chapter 6 – Immunological Features of Alcohol-Induced Hepatic Steatosis (pp. 97-110)
Marileia Chaves Andrade, PhD and Sergio Avelino Mota Nobre, PhD (Centro de Ciência Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Fisiopatologia, and Departamento de Biologia Geral, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde – Montes Claros-MG, Brasil)
Chapter 7 – The Role of Angiogenesis in Liver: The Parallel between Health and Disease (pp. 111-140)
Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Fraga, PhD, Talita Antunes Guimarães, MSc, Lucyana Conceição Farias, PhD and André Luiz Sena Guimarães, PhD (Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Science, and Department of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, MG, Brazil)
Chapter 8 – Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Looking Deeper into Diet Composition (pp. 141-170)
Adaliene Ferreira, PhD, Marina Oliveira, MSc and Tatiani Maioli (Departamento de Nutrição, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil)
Chapter 9 – Diets for Preventing Hepatic Steatosis (pp. 171-208)
Anthony Fardet, PhD (INRA, UMR 1019, UNH, CRNH Auvergne, F-63000 CLERMONT-FERRAND & Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, BP 10448, F-63000 CLERMONT-FERRAND, France)
Unit 3: New Insights and Treatment Perspectives
Chapter 10 – Liver Steatosis and the Renin Angiotensin System: New Advances and Perspectives (pp. 211-230)
João Marcus Oliveira Andrade, MSc, Alanna Fernandes Paraíso, MSc, Marcus Vinícius Macedo De Oliveira, PhD and Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, PhD (Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Science, and Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), Pharmacology Department, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Chapter 11 – Resveratrol, Sirtuins and Hepatic Steatosis (pp. 231-254)
Jamille Fernandes Lula, Keila Lopes Mendes, John David Felteberger and Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, PhD (Laboratory of Health Science, Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil and others)
Index