Liver regeneration: biological and pathological mechanisms and implications

GK Michalopoulos, B Bhushan - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The liver is the only solid organ that uses regenerative mechanisms to ensure that the liver-
to-bodyweight ratio is always at 100% of what is required for body homeostasis. Other solid …

Hepatic macrophages in liver homeostasis and diseases-diversity, plasticity and therapeutic opportunities

Y Wen, J Lambrecht, C Ju, F Tacke - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Macrophages, which are key cellular components of the liver, have emerged as essential
players in the maintenance of hepatic homeostasis and in injury and repair processes in …

Liver regeneration and inflammation: from fundamental science to clinical applications

L Campana, H Esser, M Huch, S Forbes - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Liver regeneration is a complex process involving the crosstalk of multiple cell types,
including hepatocytes, hepatic stellate cells, endothelial cells and inflammatory cells. The …

Liver homeostasis is maintained by midlobular zone 2 hepatocytes

Y Wei, YG Wang, Y Jia, L Li, J Yoon, S Zhang, Z Wang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The liver's remarkable capacity to maintain proper tissue mass after injury
has been known since ancient times. However, there has been considerable debate about …

Long-term expansion of functional mouse and human hepatocytes as 3D organoids

H Hu, H Gehart, B Artegiani, C LÖpez-Iglesias… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The mammalian liver possesses a remarkable regenerative ability. Two modes of damage
response have been described:(1) The" oval cell" response emanates from the biliary tree …

Proliferation tracing reveals regional hepatocyte generation in liver homeostasis and repair

L He, W Pu, X Liu, Z Zhang, M Han, YI Li, X Huang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cell proliferation is a fundamental process in all multicellular organisms
that is required to enable development, tissue homeostasis, tissue repair, and tissue …

Spatial heterogeneity in the mammalian liver

S Ben-Moshe, S Itzkovitz - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Hepatocytes operate in highly structured repeating anatomical units termed liver lobules.
Blood flow along the lobule radial axis creates gradients of oxygen, nutrients and hormones …

Liver cancer cell of origin, molecular class, and effects on patient prognosis

D Sia, A Villanueva, SL Friedman, JM Llovet - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Primary liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and
therefore a major public health challenge. We review hypotheses of the cell of origin of liver …

Single-cell spatial reconstruction reveals global division of labour in the mammalian liver

KB Halpern, R Shenhav, O Matcovitch-Natan, B Toth… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The mammalian liver consists of hexagon-shaped lobules that are radially polarized by
blood flow and morphogens,,,. Key liver genes have been shown to be differentially …

Inflammation-induced IgA+ cells dismantle anti-liver cancer immunity

S Shalapour, XJ Lin, IN Bastian, J Brain, AD Burt… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The role of adaptive immunity in early cancer development is controversial. Here we show
that chronic inflammation and fibrosis in humans and mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver …