Recent advances in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Purpose of review This review focuses on recent advances in the study of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, natural history and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Recent findings Study of hepatic lipid metabolism with respect to the contribution of de-novo lipogenesis to hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance and the dysregulation of cellular adaptive response to stress, that is, the unfolded protein response has added to our...