Ageing and the liver

Age does not spare the liver. We reviewed here the essential actual knowledge about age related modifications of this organ. Liver volume and blood flow decrease with age. Aging is also associated with a decline in the intrinsic metabolic activity of the hepatic parenchyma, and in the gene expressio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta gastro-enterologica belgica 2006-07, Vol.69 (3), p.296-298
Hauptverfasser:	Sersté, Thomas, Bourgeois, Nadine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging DNA Damage Hepatitis C - complications Hepatocytes - metabolism Hepatocytes - pathology Humans Kupffer Cells - metabolism Kupffer Cells - pathology Liver - metabolism Liver - pathology Liver - physiopathology Liver Circulation Liver Cirrhosis - virology Liver Diseases - metabolism Liver Diseases - pathology Liver Diseases - physiopathology Liver Diseases - surgery Liver Transplantation Mitochondria, Liver - genetics Mutation Oxidative Stress
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