[HTML][HTML] Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells—gatekeepers of hepatic immunity

S Shetty, PF Lalor, DH Adams - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) line the low shear, sinusoidal capillary channels
of the liver and are the most abundant non-parenchymal hepatic cell population. LSECs do …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms underlying therapeutic potential of pericytes

CR Harrell, B Simovic Markovic, C Fellabaum… - Journal of biomedical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Pericytes are multipotent cells present in every vascularized tissue in the body.
Despite the fact that they are well-known for more than a century, pericytes are still …

[HTML][HTML] Single cell RNA sequencing of human liver reveals distinct intrahepatic macrophage populations

SA MacParland, JC Liu, XZ Ma, BT Innes… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The liver is the largest solid organ in the body and is critical for metabolic and immune
functions. However, little is known about the cells that make up the human liver and its …

Paired-cell sequencing enables spatial gene expression mapping of liver endothelial cells

KB Halpern, R Shenhav, H Massalha, B Toth… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Spatially resolved single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) is a powerful approach for
inferring connections between a cell's identity and its position in a tissue. We recently …

[PDF][PDF] Endothelial Wnts regulate βcatenin signaling in murine liver zonation and regeneration: A sequel to the Wnt–Wnt situation

M Preziosi, H Okabe, M Poddar… - Hepatology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
βCatenin in hepatocytes, under the control of Wnts, regulates pericentral gene expression.
It also contributes to liver regeneration (LR) after partial hepatectomy (PH) by regulating …

A glass-based, continuously zonated and vascularized human liver acinus microphysiological system (vLAMPS) designed for experimental modeling of diseases and …

X Li, SM George, L Vernetti, AH Gough, DL Taylor - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The vLAMPS is a human, biomimetic liver MPS, in which the ECM and cell seeding of the
intermediate layer prior to assembly, simplifies construction of the model and makes the …

IL-33 exacerbates liver sterile inflammation by amplifying neutrophil extracellular trap formation

HO Yazdani, HW Chen, S Tohme, S Tai… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Neutrophils and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) both
contribute to sterile inflammatory injury during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), a well-known liver …

Utilizing lymphatic cell markers to visualize human lymphatic abnormalities

Z Lokmic - Journal of Biophotonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo visualization of the human lymphatic system is limited by the mode of delivery of
tracing agents, depth of field and size of the area examined, and specificity of the cell …

ELUCIDATING THE ROLES OF WNT/BETA-CATENIN SIGNALING IN LIVER DISEASE, CANCER, AND REGENERATION

M Preziosi - 2018 - d-scholarship.pitt.edu
Owing to its strategic location in the body along with performing over 500 daily functions,
liver health is indispensable to survival. Following any form of acute or chronic hepatic …