New research identifies the liver protein PTPRD as a key regulator of metabolic liver disease. Reduced levels of PTPRD disrupt glucose and lipid metabolism, promote liver fat accumulation, and impair ...

"The promising results justify studies in patients to find out whether intermittent fasting protects against chronic liver inflammation as well as in the mouse model." The 5:2 fasting regimen is ...

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

Long-term exposure to low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests. Fatty liver ...

Figure 1: β-galactosidase expression in mouse liver following lentiviral transduction. We analysed liver toxicity in rodents by measuring the serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentration ...

He described it as “a new, complex and ingenious perspective on how the liver stimulates its own regeneration.” The ...