Liver regeneration: biological and pathological mechanisms and implications

GK Michalopoulos, B Bhushan - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The liver is the only solid organ that uses regenerative mechanisms to ensure that the liver-
to-bodyweight ratio is always at 100% of what is required for body homeostasis. Other solid …

[HTML][HTML] Intratumor heterogeneity: the rosetta stone of therapy resistance

A Marusyk, M Janiszewska, K Polyak - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Advances in our understanding of molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis have translated
into knowledge-based therapies directed against specific oncogenic signaling targets …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term expansion of functional mouse and human hepatocytes as 3D organoids

H Hu, H Gehart, B Artegiani, C LÖpez-Iglesias… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The mammalian liver possesses a remarkable regenerative ability. Two modes of damage
response have been described:(1) The" oval cell" response emanates from the biliary tree …

[HTML][HTML] Polyploidy: a biological force from cells to ecosystems

DT Fox, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, TL Ashman… - Trends in Cell …, 2020 - cell.com
Polyploidy, resulting from the duplication of the entire genome of an organism or cell, greatly
affects genes and genomes, cells and tissues, organisms, and even entire ecosystems …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatostat: Liver regeneration and normal liver tissue maintenance

GK Michalopoulos - Hepatology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to all other organs, liver‐to‐body‐weight ratio needs to be maintained always at
100% of what is required for body homeostasis. Adjustment of liver size to 100% of what is …

Self-renewing diploid Axin2+ cells fuel homeostatic renewal of the liver

B Wang, L Zhao, M Fish, CY Logan, R Nusse - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The source of new hepatocytes in the uninjured liver has remained an open question. By
lineage tracing using the Wnt-responsive gene Axin2 in mice, we identify a population of …

Fast and efficient generation of knock-in human organoids using homology-independent CRISPR–Cas9 precision genome editing

B Artegiani, D Hendriks, J Beumer, R Kok, X Zheng… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas9 technology has revolutionized genome editing and is applicable to the
organoid field. However, precise integration of exogenous DNA sequences into human …

Short-and long-term effects of chromosome mis-segregation and aneuploidy

S Santaguida, A Amon - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Dividing cells that experience chromosome mis-segregation generate aneuploid daughter
cells, which contain an incorrect number of chromosomes. Although aneuploidy interferes …

The diverse origins of circulating cell‐free DNA in the human body: a critical re‐evaluation of the literature

J Aucamp, AJ Bronkhorst, CPS Badenhorst… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the detection of cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) in human plasma in 1948, it has been
investigated as a non‐invasive screening tool for many diseases, especially solid tumours …