eLife (Feb 2023)

How the liver keeps itself in shape

Stephanie May,
Thomas G Bird

Affiliations

Stephanie May: ORCiD; Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Thomas G Bird: ORCiD; Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom; School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85606
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12

Abstract

After fasting, hepatocytes proliferate to help the liver grow back to its original size.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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