Friend or foe? The elusive role of hepatic stellate cells in liver cancer

B Cogliati, CN Yashaswini, S Wang, D Sia… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Liver fibrosis is a substantial risk factor for the development and progression of liver cancer,
which includes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] Developing tissue engineering strategies for liver regeneration

J Wang, D Huang, H Yu, Y Cheng, H Ren… - Engineered …, 2022 - Elsevier
The regenerative function of liver can be destroyed by viral infection, drug poisoning and
tumorigenesis, resulting in irreversible damage. Numerous approaches in promoting liver …

Single-cell atlas of human liver development reveals pathways directing hepatic cell fates

BT Wesley, ADB Ross, D Muraro, Z Miao, S Saxton… - Nature Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The liver has been studied extensively due to the broad number of diseases affecting its vital
functions. However, therapeutic advances have been hampered by the lack of knowledge …

[PDF][PDF] Single‐cell transcriptomic analysis reveals a hepatic stellate cell–activation roadmap and myofibroblast origin during liver fibrosis in mice

WU Yang, H He, T Wang, N Su, F Zhang, K Jiang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims HSCs and portal fibroblasts (PFs) are the major sources of collagen‐
producing myofibroblasts during liver fibrosis, depending on different etiologies. However …

Single-cell and bulk transcriptomics of the liver reveals potential targets of NASH with fibrosis

ZY Wang, A Keogh, A Waldt, R Cuttat, M Neri, S Zhu… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive production of collagen and other extracellular
matrix (ECM) components and represents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality …

Organ-specific endothelial cell differentiation and impact of microenvironmental cues on endothelial heterogeneity

L Gifre-Renom, M Daems, A Luttun… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Endothelial cells throughout the body are heterogeneous, and this is tightly linked to the
specific functions of organs and tissues. Heterogeneity is already determined from …

Single-cell, whole-embryo phenotyping of mammalian developmental disorders

X Huang, J Henck, C Qiu, VKA Sreenivasan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mouse models are a critical tool for studying human diseases, particularly developmental
disorders. However, conventional approaches for phenotyping may fail to detect subtle …

Human multilineage pro-epicardium/foregut organoids support the development of an epicardium/myocardium organoid

MA Branco, TP Dias, JMS Cabral, P Pinto-do-Ó… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The epicardium, the outer epithelial layer that covers the myocardium, derives from a
transient organ known as pro-epicardium, crucial during heart organogenesis. The pro …

Angiodiversity and organotypic functions of sinusoidal endothelial cells

PS Koch, KH Lee, S Goerdt, HG Augustin - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
Abstract 'Angiodiversity'refers to the structural and functional heterogeneity of endothelial
cells (EC) along the segments of the vascular tree and especially within the microvascular …

m6A modification-tuned sphingolipid metabolism regulates postnatal liver development in male mice

S Wang, S Chen, J Sun, P Han, B Xu, X Li, Y Zhong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Different organs undergo distinct transcriptional, epigenetic and physiological alterations
that guarantee their functional maturation after birth. However, the roles of epitranscriptomic …