Molecular pathogenesis and systemic therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

JM Llovet, R Pinyol, RK Kelley, A El-Khoueiry… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains one of the most prevalent and deadliest cancers.
The poor outcome associated with HCC is dramatically changing due to the advent of …

Spatiotemporal metabolic liver zonation and consequences on pathophysiology

T Martini, F Naef, JS Tchorz - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Hepatocytes are the main workers in the hepatic factory, managing metabolism of nutrients
and xenobiotics, production and recycling of proteins, and glucose and lipid homeostasis …

The spatiotemporal program of zonal liver regeneration following acute injury

S Ben-Moshe, T Veg, R Manco, S Dan, D Papinutti… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The liver carries a remarkable ability to regenerate rapidly after acute zonal damage. Single-
cell approaches are necessary to study this process, given the spatial heterogeneity of liver …

Liver zonation, revisited

J Paris, NC Henderson - Hepatology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of hepatocyte functional zonation is well established, with differences in
metabolism and xenobiotic processing determined by multiple factors including oxygen and …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell spatial multi-omics and deep learning dissect enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks in liver zonation

C Bravo Gonzalez-Blas, I Matetovici, H Hillen… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
In the mammalian liver, hepatocytes exhibit diverse metabolic and functional profiles based
on their location within the liver lobule. However, it is unclear whether this spatial variation …

Determination of key events in mouse hepatocyte maturation at the single-cell level

L Yang, X Wang, JX Zheng, ZR Xu, LC Li, YL Xiong… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
Hepatocytes, the liver's predominant cells, perform numerous essential biological functions.
However, crucial events and regulators during hepatocyte maturation require in-depth …

Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Liver Pathobiology

MD Carson, K Nejak-Bowen - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The liver has a critical role in regulating host metabolism, immunity, detoxification, and
homeostasis. Proper liver function is essential for host health, and dysregulation of hepatic …

A spatiotemporal atlas of cholestatic injury and repair in mice

B Wu, X Shentu, H Nan, P Guo, S Hao, J Xu… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Cholestatic liver injuries, characterized by regional damage around the bile ductular region,
lack curative therapies and cause considerable mortality. Here we generated a high …

RNF43/ZNRF3 loss predisposes to hepatocellular-carcinoma by impairing liver regeneration and altering the liver lipid metabolic ground-state

G Belenguer, G Mastrogiovanni, C Pacini, Z Hall… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract RNF43/ZNRF3 negatively regulate WNT signalling. Both genes are mutated in
several types of cancers, however, their contribution to liver disease is unknown. Here we …

Liver regeneration: Cellular origin and molecular mechanisms

R Huang, X Zhang, J Gracia‐Sancho… - Liver …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The liver is known as an organ with high proliferation potential. Clarifying the cellular origin
and deepening the understanding of liver regeneration mechanisms will help provide new …