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.

Researchers discovered a mechanism after acute liver damage occurs—and it could lead to treatments for those with severe ...

The liver is a vital organ, crucial to digestion, metabolism and the elimination of toxins. It has a unique ability, ...

Chinese scientists and their Singaporean collaborators have developed a scoring system to predict the risk of recurrence for hepatocellular carcinoma, a serious form of liver cancer, achieving an ...

HCC is a type of liver cancer that originates in the main liver cells, known as hepatocytes. It is the most common form of primary liver cancer and typically occurs in individuals with a chronic liver ...

Liver regeneration was known to occur through the proliferation of liver cells, known as hepatocytes. But the molecular ...

New research identifies the liver protein PTPRD as a key regulator of metabolic liver disease. Reduced levels of PTPRD ...

Hepatocytes, as the most abundant cell type in liver, are a potent source of fibrogenic lipid peroxides in inflammatory liver diseases. Platelets are a potent source of growth factors, and are ...

in vitro cell culture system based on primary human liver parenchymal cells (hepatocytes). The paper is published in the ...