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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Liver Dis. 2016 Apr 23;20(3):535–550. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2016.02.010

Figure 1. Schematic of mediators of sarcopenia in alcoholic liver disease.

Figure 1

A number of factors contribute to sarcopenia in ALD including the direct effects of ethanol or its metabolism in the muscle as well as ethanol-induced liver disease with consequent hyperammonemia as well as non-hepatic factors including gut-derived endotoxemia and cytokine-mediated effects.