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Interleukin-7-based identification of liver lymphatic endothelial cells reveals their unique structural features
Yang Y, Jeong J, Su T, Lai S, Zhang P, Garcia-Milian R, Graham M, Liu X, McConnell M, Utsumi T, Pereira J, Iwakiri Y. Interleukin-7-based identification of liver lymphatic endothelial cells reveals their unique structural features. JHEP Reports 2024, 6: 101069. PMID: 38966234, PMCID: PMC11222939, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCell surface structuresLymphatic endothelial cellsPublished single-cell RNA-sequencingRNA-seq analysisScRNA-seq analysisSingle-cell RNA sequencingLymphatic systemEndothelial cellsInterleukin-7RNA-seqScRNA-seqExpressed genesRNA sequencingTranscriptomic changesLow abundanceI/R liver injuryGenesIsolation protocolLiver cell typesCell typesIsolation methodLiver of miceHuman liver specimensHeterozygous miceMouse liver
2016
Cellular distribution of injected PLGA-nanoparticles in the liver
Park JK, Utsumi T, Seo YE, Deng Y, Satoh A, Saltzman WM, Iwakiri Y. Cellular distribution of injected PLGA-nanoparticles in the liver. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology And Medicine 2016, 12: 1365-1374. PMID: 26961463, PMCID: PMC4889500, DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPLGA nanoparticlesSafety of nanoparticlesUptake of nanoparticlesNanoparticle deliveryLiver sinusoidal endothelial cellsNanoparticle retentionNanoparticlesHepatic stellate cellsSinusoidal endothelial cellsKupffer cellsStellate cellsEndothelial cellsTarget cell typeCell typesClodronate liposomesLiver therapyLiver cellsMajor cellsLiverCell populationsCellular distributionLiposomesCellsHepatocytes