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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
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Chapter 13 Liver Sinusoidal Cells in alcohol-associated liver disease
Iwakiri Y. Chapter 13 Liver Sinusoidal Cells in alcohol-associated liver disease. 2024, 285-291. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95262-0.00013-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-associated liver diseaseLiver sinusoidal endothelial cellsPathogenesis of alcohol-associated liver diseaseChronic alcohol consumptionSinusoidal endothelial cellsLiver diseaseNormal function of immune cellsEndothelial cellsFunction of immune cellsSinusoidal cellsAlcohol consumptionIntrahepatic vascular toneHepatic stellate cellsEndothelial cell populationLiver sinusoidal cellsLiver cell typesImmune cellsAntigen clearanceVascular toneKupffer cells/macrophagesKupffer cellsStellate cellsCell populationsLiver homeostasisLiver