Endocrine Abstracts

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the commonest cause of liver cirrhosis and leading indication for liver transplant worldwide. It is tightly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes, yet the precise mechanisms that drive its aetiology are not fully defined. Dysregulation of both glucocorticoid and androgen metabolism has been implicated in its pathogenesis. The availability of these hormones to bind and activate their receptors is mainly regulat...