Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

Background Gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), commonly used as markers of liver dysfunction, have been ...

If you see elevated liver enzymes after taking routine blood work, then your liver may be experiencing stress, inflammation, or something else. It's crucial to get to the bottom of these numbers so ...

Liver diseases are commonly diagnosed using serum enzyme assays, particularly for aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl ...

Short legs are linked to an increased risk of liver disease, suggests a new study. The research contributes to a growing body of evidence on the link between leg length and health. The findings are ...

Researchers report that decaffeinated coffee drinking may benefit liver health. Results show that higher coffee consumption, regardless of caffeine content, was linked to lower levels of abnormal ...

Int J Epidemiol. 2014;43(1):187-201. Observational cohort studies were included if they had at least 1 year of follow-up, assessed associations of GGT, ALT, AST or ALP with all-cause mortality in ...