Digging the metabolic roots of NASH up


 “Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots”— Rumi. A recent study published in Life Metabolism shows that Growth Differentiation Factor 3 (GDF3) that is mainly expressed in hepatic macrophages and Kupffer cells is specifically elevated in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which could be used as a potential indicator for the noninvasive diagnosis of NASH.