Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Most of your liver is on the right side of your body, under your rib cage and above your stomach, with part of it extending into the middle and ...

The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release bile into tiny channels called bile canaliculi, which drain into the bile duct ...

Using human liver samples and a mouse model of cirrhosis, researchers identified epigenetic overactivation of the inflammatory PAF–PAF-R pathway in hepatic macrophages as a key driver of liver damage.

Scientists have published a ground-breaking study of the structure and function of a central protein in the liver: NTCP, a cellular-entry pathway for bile salts, but also for certain hepatitis viruses ...

The liver produces bile, which the intestine uses for digestion. For the transport of bile, the liver relies on a network of microscopic tubings, known as bile canaliculi, formed by liver cells called ...

Bioengineered livers are potential alternatives for liver transplantation in patients with end-stage liver disease. Liver scaffolds engineered through decellularization techniques have been developed ...

As seen by the naked eye, the liver has four lobes: right lobe, left lobe, caudate lobe, and quadrate lobe. This lobe division is based on surface features. When looking at the front of the liver, the ...

This research reveals for the first time that selective upregulation of ROCK2 in liver endothelial cells and perivascular hepatic stellate cells serves as a core mechanism driving the progression of ...

Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain have identified an effective strategy to reduce structural liver damage and improve hepatic vascular function in cirrhosis. The ...