Surgically induced weight loss by gastric bypass improves non alcoholic fatty liver disease in morbid obese patients

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World Journal of Hepatology

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World J Hepatol. Dec 27, 2012; 4(12): 382-388
Published online Dec 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i12.382

Surgically induced weight loss by gastric bypass improves non alcoholic fatty liver disease in morbid obese patients

Víctor Vargas, Helena Allende, Albert Lecube, Maria Teresa Salcedo, Juan A Baena-Fustegueras, José M Fort, Joaquín Rivero, Roser Ferrer, Roberto Catalán, Eva Pardina, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Jaime Guardia, Julia Peinado-Onsurbe

Víctor Vargas, Jaime Guardia, Liver Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Helena Allende, Maria Teresa Salcedo, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Department of Pathology, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

Víctor Vargas, Helena Allende, Jaime Guardia, CIBER de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain

Albert Lecube, Endocrinology Service, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

Albert Lecube, Diabetes Research Unit, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain

Juan A Baena-Fustegueras, José M Fort, Department of Surgery, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, 25198 Barcelona, Spain

Joaquín Rivero, Department of Surgery, Mútua de Terrassa, 08221 Barcelona, Spain

Roser Ferrer, Roberto Catalán, Biochemistry and Hormones, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

Eva Pardina, Julia Peinado-Onsurbe, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Biology Faculty, Barcelona University, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Author contributions: Allende H, Lecube A and Salcedo MT analyzed the data; Baena-Fustegueras JA and Fort JM performed the surgery; Rivero J, Ferrer R, Catalán R, Pardina E and Peinado-Onsurbe J collected the data; Vargas V, Ramón y Cajal S and Guardia J performed the biopsies and wrote the paper.

Supported by The Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria del Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Spanish Ministry for Health and Consumer Affairs, No. PI030042, PI030024, PI070079 and PI11/001159

Correspondence to: Dr. Julia Peinado-Onsurbe, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Biology Faculty, Barcelona University, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. jpeinado@ub.edu

Telephone: +34-93-4021524 Fax: +34-93-4021559

Received: September 14, 2011
Revised: August 9, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: December 27, 2012

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