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 ...

The aging and failure of cells that occurs when the liver is damaged can spread to other organs, suggests a new study in mice ...

Hormones are released from endocrine glands and are transported in the blood to target cells Insulin: released from pancreas, stimulates liver cells to take up glucose from the blood and Glucagon ...

A more recent approach is transplantation of mature liver cells, known as hepatocytes. “The problem is obtaining sufficient quantities of fully functioning hepatocytes,” says Ochiya.

But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the blood and may form complexes that can damage the filter structure of the kidneys, as researchers from the ...

Their findings, entitled “Structure-guided discovery of bile acid derivatives for treating liver diseases without causing itch,” were published in Cell on October 29, 2024. Why it matters ...

A newly described stage of a lymph node-like structure seen in liver tumors after presurgical ... which are highly organized collections of immune B and T cells, are found in some patients treated ...

An international team led by Goethe University Frankfurt has identified an intracellular sensor that monitors the quality of so-called MHC-I ...