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ALT
ALT is a liver enzyme doctors track to see whether liver cells are actively irritated, inflamed, or being injured. It can rise during autoimmune hepatitis flares, medication reactions, viral injury, fatty liver changes, or other active stress, but it does not measure how scarred the liver already is.
AST
AST is found in high amounts within liver cells, it is an enzyme that also lives inside cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, kidneys, and the brain. When these specific cells experience stress, injury, or active degradation, their cellular membranes become permeable, leaking AST directly into your blood