Good cholesterol may protect liver: Study
Researchers have identified a type of “good cholesterol” that protects the liver by blocking inflammatory signals produced by common gut bacteria.
| 26 July 2021 1:43 AM GMT
NEW YORK: Researchers have identified a type of good cholesterol that protects the liver by blocking inflammatory signals produced by common gut bacteria.
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is mostly known for mopping up cholesterol in the body and delivering it to the liver for disposal.
But researchers from the Washington University in St Louis, the US, found that a type of good cholesterol called HDL3, when produced in the intestine, protects the liver from inflammation and injury. If not blocked, these bacterial signals travel from the intestine to the liver, where they activate immune cells that trigger an inflammatory state, which leads to liver damage.
Good cholesterol may protect liver: Study
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