Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
pp. vii-viii
Chapter 1
Current Diagnosis and Therapy in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
(Juan Guillermo Gormaz, Matías Libuy, Nicolás Valls, Caterina Contreras, Camilo Sotomayor, Cristobal Mülchi and Andrés Carreño, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, and others)
pp. 1-20
Chapter 2
Molecular Mechanisms in the Development and Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
(Daniel Hasson, Diego Escudero and Felipe Feliu, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
pp. 21-46
Chapter 3
Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in the Pathophysiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
(Cristóbal Alegría, David Gil-Becerra and Ramón Rodrigo, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
pp. 47-78
Chapter 4
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome
(Daniel Hasson, Felipe Feliú and Juan G. Gormaz, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile)
pp. 79-106
Chapter 5
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Novel Therapeutic Approaches
(Juan Guillermo Gormaz, Matías Libuy, Nicolás Valls, Sergio Vera, Rolando Martínez, Felipe Maira and Ramón Rodrigo, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
pp. 107-122
Chapter 6
The Potential Role of Polyphenols in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Treatment
(Sebastián Quintremil, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Chile)
pp. 123-140
Index
pp. 141-143
Additional Information
The book will have an academic level that spans from Third and Fourth year college students coursing a degree in health sciences to health professionals without specialization in hepatology, with interest in expanding their knowledge about NAFLD.