date:Feb 09, 2020
shed professor of Texas AM Health Science Center, now the director of the Indiana Center for Liver Research.
Alpini said treatment of NAFLD-mimicking animal models with indole significantly decreased fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver.
The research team also studied how indole affected individual cells.
Shannon Glaser, M.D., a professor of Texas AM Health Science Center, said that in addition to reducing the amount of fat in liver cells, indole also acts on cells in the intestine,