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Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long ...

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Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators in liver fibrosis—have a commanding role in ...

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 ...

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life.

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Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators of liver fibrosis—have a commanding ...