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This schematic diagram depicts that alcohol and HCV interact to render synergistic effects on the evolution of alcoholic liver disease that is governed by gene-environment interactions (dotted arrows and solid black lines). TLR4 mediates promotion of liver inflammation and cancer as depicted by red arrows and alcohol and HCV facilitate these TLR4-dependent mechanisms as shown by blue arrows.
