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World J Hepatol. May 27, 2011; 3(5): 99-107
Published online May 27, 2011. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i5.99
Published online May 27, 2011. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i5.99
Insulin resistance and chronic liver disease
Takumi Kawaguchi, Michio Sata, Department of Disease Information & Research, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
Takumi Kawaguchi, Eitaro Taniguchi, Minoru Itou, Masahiro Sakata, Shuji Sumie, Michio Sata, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
Author contributions: Kawaguchi T, Taniguch E, Itou M, Sakata M and Sumie S drafted the manuscript; Kawaguchi T and Sata M organized and revised the manuscript.
Supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)(No. 22790874 to T.K.) and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(No. 21590865 to M.S.) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Research on Hepatitis from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Correspondence to: Takumi Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, Department of Digestive Disease Information & Research, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. takumi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-942-31-7902 Fax: +81-942-31-7820
Received: November 18, 2010
Revised: March 26, 2011
Accepted: April 2, 2011
Published online: May 27, 2011
Revised: March 26, 2011
Accepted: April 2, 2011
Published online: May 27, 2011
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