JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 333-335.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2014.03.035

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Perspectives in gut microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases

Sun Lu, Lu Xiaolan   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital,Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Xi’an 710004,Shaanxi Province,China
  • Received:2013-10-20 Online:2014-06-30 Published:2016-04-11

Abstract: Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) has an increasing worldwide prevalence. A ‘two-hit’ mechanism has been accepted,however,its pathogenesis remains to be clarified. Recently,some new findings about gut microbiota in NAFLD have emerged. It might be involved in gut permeability,low-grade inflammation and immune inbalance,and it is believed that it modulates dietary choline metabolism,regulates bile acid metabolism and produces endogenous ethanol. All of these factors are molecular mechanisms by which the microbiota can induce NAFLD or has some roles in the process from NAFLD to overt non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This review summarizes the main literature findings about the relationships between gut microbiota and NAFLD.

Key words: Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, Gut microbiota, Lipopolysaccharide