Hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance are associated with serum imbalance of adiponectin/tumour necrosis factor‐<i>α</i> in chronic hepatitis C patients

Abstract

Chronic HCV patients with steatosis showed a serum adiponectin/TNF-alpha imbalance that is associated with IR. Reduced adiponectin levels may be involved in the pathogenesis of steatosis, which in turn accelerates progression of fibrosis in chronic HCV.