Scientists have identified the Plvap gene as a key regulator of metabolism during fasting. Disabling it in mice prevented the ...

Researchers have found that stellate cells – known for their role in liver fibrosis – play a key role in protecting and ...

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 ...

Fatty pancreas disease, characterized by intra-pancreatic fat deposition, is more prevalent than diabetes, pancreatitis, and ...

structures made of PANC-1 cells – a human pancreatic cancer cell line – and pancreatic stellate cells. This gives the model ...

This suggests that stellate cells play a previously unknown role in controlling liver metabolism by directing other cell ...

Many people who have tried to lose weight by cutting calories are familiar with this frustrating reality: at some point, the body stops shedding pounds.

Hepatic steatosis, often triggered by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a leading cause of liver dysfunction globally, affecting approximately 30% of the population.