worldwide, representing one of the main etiologies of cirrhosis and hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Although we do not know the exact mechanisms by which only a selected
group of patients with ALD progress to the final stage of HCC, the role of the gut microbiota
within the progression to HCC has been intensively studied in recent years. To date, we
know that alcohol-induced gut dysbiosis is an important feature of ALD with important …