Study reveals links between fatty liver disease, liver cancer


By Xu Jing
  • World
  • Saturday, 23 Jan 2021

CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that an RNA binding protein involved in regulating lipid levels in the liver and blood promotes development and progression of fatty liver disease and liver cancer in mice.

The researchers studied how certain RNA binding proteins, proteins that play a role in various cellular processes such as function and transport, regulate the RNA building blocks that contribute to the synthesis of proteins involved in liver cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases.

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