Genetic predisposition and increasing dietary fructose exposure: the perfect storm for fatty liver disease in Hispanics in the U.S

Dig Liver Dis. 2012 Sep;44(9):711-3. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.04.009. Epub 2012 May 15.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Diet / trends
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / adverse effects
  • Fatty Liver / ethnology*
  • Fatty Liver / etiology*
  • Fructose / adverse effects*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Hispanic or Latino / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Lipase / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Sweetening Agents / adverse effects*
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Sweetening Agents
  • Fructose
  • Lipase
  • adiponutrin, human