Liver

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

26.10.2020

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Gut microbes and host cells jointly contribute to the progression of this mostly incurable disease

Pairing cells

Liver Cells Give Away Their “Friends” Locations

29.10.2018

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Pairing cells makes the smaller ones easier to study

A cross section of a mouse liver lobule under a fluorescence microscope. The middle layer reveals an abundance of messenger RNA molecules (white dots) for the gene encoding hepcidin, the iron-regulating hormone

Gene Analysis Adds Layers to Understanding How Our Livers Function

13.02.2017

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Tracking gene expression patterns for 20,000 genes in 1,500 cells revealed a mosaic of activities

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