Blood Biomarkers of Intestinal Epithelium Damage Regenerating Islet-derived Protein 3 α and Trefoil Factor 3 Are Persistently Elevated in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis.

CONCLUSIONS: Circulating levels of REG3α and TFF3 were highly elevated in AH patients and differentially correlated with AH disease severity, MT, and inflammation, thereby serving as potential biomarkers of MT and gut epithelial damage in AH patients. PMID: 33587293 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33587293?dopt=Abstract

Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - February 15, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Yang J, Syed F, Xia Y, Sanyal A, Shah V, Chalasani N, Zheng X, Yu Q, Lou Y, Li W Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research