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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2013 Nov 15;59(1):328–339. doi: 10.1002/hep.26494

Figure 2. Potential therapeutic strategies to prevent or treat liver disease.

Figure 2

1) Probiotics could maintain intestinal permeability by increasing the integrity of tight junctions or by preventing the overgrowth of harmful bacteria. 2) Prebiotics may act by improving the effect of probiotic bacteria or by impeding the growth of harmful bacteria. 3) Antibiotics could directly act by inhibition of harmful bacteria growth and 4) fecal transplant could lead to the restoration of a healthy microbiota. 5) Some therapeutics may act on the innate immune system by targeting TLRs signaling pathways or 6) NFκB inhibitors leading to lower expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression.