Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing inflammation to the organ, in a study in mice, as seen in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) 🍷🦠🩺🧬.
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Alcohol opens 'gut floodgates' for bad bacteria to invade the liver
Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing inflammation to the organ. This bacterial invasion is a key driver…
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