With the discovery of liver-specific pericytes - formerly called fat-storing cells, Ito-cells, lipocytes, and currently designated as hepatic stellate cells (HSC) - the insight into the cellular ...

ECM can directly influence the function of surrounding cells through interaction with cell surface receptors, including integrins and nonintegrin matrix receptors (such as discoidin domain ...

Four in 10 people are thought to have a potentially serious liver condition known as MASLD. Reversing it is possible if you ...

Galecto will focus on cancer and liver disease, leveraging existing clinical stage asset GB1211Bolsters pipeline by obtaining global rights to ...

HHMI researchers solve a longstanding mystery about the origin of new cells in the liver. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have identified stem cells in the liver that give rise to ...

All patients were ... July 10, 2024 — In chronic hepatitis B, the liver contains immune cells that could destroy hepatitis B virus infected cells but are inactive. Researchers have discovered ...

What influences the extent of scar tissue, or fibrosis, that develops in the liver when people suffer from liver disease?

It has been suggested that silymarin has strong antioxidant effects and may help promote liver cell regeneration, reduce inflammation, and benefit those with liver disease. However, results from ...

Intestinal tuft cells divide to make new cells when immunological cues trigger them. Additionally, in contrast to progenitor- ...

Unlike the HeLa cell line named after her, Henrietta Lacks was little heard of until the 2010 publication of Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Born in 1920 in Virginia, ...

Primary liver cancer is cancer that started in the liver. There are 5 main types. The type depends on the type of cell that the cancer started in. If your cancer began somewhere else and then spread ...

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses how heme oxygenase 1-mediated ferroptosis in Kupffer cells initiates liver injury during heat stroke. With the escalating ...