Bacteriophage prevents alcoholic liver disease

Colakoglu, Melis; Xue, Jing; Trajkovski, Mirko

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.034

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English

Bacteriophage prevents alcoholic liver disease

ContributorsColakoglu, Melis

; Xue, Jing; Trajkovski, Mirko

Published inCell, vol. 180, no. 2, p. 218-220

Publication date2020

Abstract

Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe alcohol-associated liver disease with minimal treatment options. A recent study by Duan et al. uncovers that the exotoxin-secreting gut bacterium Enterococcus faecalis is a critical contributor to alcoholic hepatitis. This bacterium can now be eliminated with a bacteriophage, suggesting a new way to treat this life-threatening disease.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de physiologie cellulaire et métabolisme

Research groups

Laboratory of metabolic diseases (934)

Citation (ISO format)

COLAKOGLU, Melis, XUE, Jing, TRAJKOVSKI, Mirko. Bacteriophage prevents alcoholic liver disease. In: Cell, 2020, vol. 180, n° 2, p. 218–220. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.034

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PID : unige:131260
DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.034
PMID : 31978341

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867419313960

Journal ISSN0092-8674

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