Liver regeneration—mechanisms and models to clinical application

SJ Forbes, PN Newsome - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2016 - nature.com
Liver regeneration has been studied for many decades and the mechanisms underlying
regeneration of the normal liver following resection or moderate damage are well described …

IL-6 and related cytokines as the critical lynchpins between inflammation and cancer

K Taniguchi, M Karin - Seminars in immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Inflammatory responses play pivotal roles in cancer development, including tumor initiation,
promotion, progression, and metastasis. Cytokines are now recognized as important …

Cholangiocytes act as facultative liver stem cells during impaired hepatocyte regeneration

A Raven, WY Lu, TY Man, S Ferreira-Gonzalez… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
After liver injury, regeneration occurs through self-replication of hepatocytes. In severe liver
injury, hepatocyte proliferation is impaired—a feature of human chronic liver disease,. It is …

Preparing the ground for tissue regeneration: from mechanism to therapy

SJ Forbes, N Rosenthal - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Chronic diseases confer tissue and organ damage that reduce quality of life and are largely
refractory to therapy. Although stem cells hold promise for treating degenerative diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Adult hepatocytes are generated by self-duplication rather than stem cell differentiation

K Yanger, D Knigin, Y Zong, L Maggs, G Gu… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
The liver is thought to utilize facultative stem cells, also known as" oval cells" or" atypical
ductal cells"(ADCs), for regeneration following various types of injury. However, this notion …

[HTML][HTML] Cell therapy for liver disease: from liver transplantation to cell factory

SJ Forbes, S Gupta, A Dhawan - Journal of hepatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Work over several decades has laid solid foundations for the advancement of liver cell
therapy. To date liver cell therapy in people has taken the form of hepatocyte transplantation …

Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor suppressor pathway in the mammalian liver

L Lu, Y Li, SM Kim, W Bossuyt, P Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
How organ size is controlled in mammals is not currently understood. In Drosophila the
Hippo signaling pathway functions to suppress growth in imaginal discs and has been …

Organotypic liver culture models: meeting current challenges in toxicity testing

EL LeCluyse, RP Witek, ME Andersen… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Prediction of chemical-induced hepatotoxicity in humans from in vitro data continues to be a
significant challenge for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Generally …

Immunomodulatory functions of mesenchymal stem cells in tissue engineering

H Li, S Shen, H Fu, Z Wang, X Li, X Sui… - Stem cells …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The inflammatory response to chronic injury affects tissue regeneration and has become an
important factor influencing the prognosis of patients. In previous stem cell treatments, it was …

[HTML][HTML] EGFR signaling in liver diseases

K Komposch, M Sibilia - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase
that is activated by several ligands leading to the activation of diverse signaling pathways …