The long-term stasis of blood in the liver, known as chronic liver congestion, can lead to a range of diseases, some of which ...

More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant, but there are not ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

What Is Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis? Mast cells, found in connective tissue throughout the body, are a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system function properly and protect against ...

A novel 3D cell culture method has been developed that encourages liver progenitor cells to self-organize and form blood vessel networks for the first time. The development of accurate liver organoids ...

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden report that immune cells in the liver react to high cholesterol levels and engulf excess cholesterol that can otherwise cause damage to arteries.