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 ...

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 ...

The puzzle Starting with mouse livers treated with carbon tetrachloride (which models acetaminophen damage), Drasdo’s team built computational models of how liver lobules regenerate after damage.

The black circle you see in the middle of this image is one of many structures called central veins; they are located in liver lobules, large functional units within the liver. Here, you can see that ...