Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Impairs the Liver–Alpha Cell Axis Independent of Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis
Julie Steen Pedersen, Marte Opseth Rygg, Viggo Bjerregaard Kristiansen, Beth Hærstedt Olsen, Reza Rafiolsadat Serizawa, Jens Juul Holst, Sten Madsbad, Lise Lotte Gluud, Flemming Bendtsen, Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen – 1 September 2020 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with impaired hepatic actions of glucagon and insulin. Glucagon and amino acids are linked in an endocrine feedback circuit, the liver–alpha cell axis, that may be disrupted by NAFLD.