Tanikawa Kyuichi, Ueno Takato (eds.) Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells

Springer, 1999. — 353 p. — ISBN: 978-4-431-70237-5Hepatic sinusoidal cells such as sinusoidal endothelial cells, Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, and pit cells play an important role in hemodynamic and metabolic function and are involved in various liver diseases. The frequent involvement of sinusoidal cells in pathologic conditions is explained by the diverse actions of those cells, an understanding of which is essential to clinicians. Generously illustrated, this volume presents results of recent studies on hepatic sinusoidal cells in liver diseases, with an introduction to the structure and function of the various types of sinusoidal cells. The in-depth focus of the book is on the role of hepatic sinusoidal cells in relation to liver injury and regeneration, hepatic sinusoidal microcirculation, alcoholic liver diseases, hepatic fibrosis, liver tumor, liver transplantation, cholestasis, and congenital lipidosis, thus providing a valuable reference source for practitioners and researchers.The Intestine, Spleen, and Liver
Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells: Characteristics and Special Topics
Endothelial Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoids: A Review
Hepatic Stellate Cells
Development, Differentiation, and Host Defense Function of Kupffer Cells
Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Liver Injury and Regeneration
Pit Cells as Liver-Associated Natural Killer Cells
Changes in Adhesion Molecules of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Liver Injury
The Role of Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells in the Development of Massive Liver Necrosis
Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Liver Regeneration
Angiogenesis of Cultured Rat Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells
The Multiple Roles of Macrophages in Hepatic Granuloma Formation in Mice
Hepatic Sinusoidal Microcirculation
Roles of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in the Local Regulation of Hepatic Sinusoidal Blood Flow — Involvement of Endothelins and Nitric Oxide
Hepatic Innervation and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Contraction and Relaxation of Ito Cells
Portal Hypertension and the Hepatic Sinusoid
Alcoholic Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Role of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Alcoholic Liver Disease
The Role of Neutrophils in Liver Cell Injury in Alcoholic Hepatitis
Ethanol-Induced Perturbation of Hepatic Microcirculation: Roles of Endothelin-1 and Nitric Oxide in Regulation of Sinusoidal Tone
Hepatic Fibrosis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Morphological Aspects of Hepatic Fibrosis and Ito Cells (Hepatic Stellate Cells), with Special Reference to Their Myofibroblastic Transformation
Retinoids and Liver Fibrosis
Hepatic Fibrolysis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatic Fibrosis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Liver Tumor and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Anti-Fibrotic Agent Reduces Enzyme-Altered Lesions and Neoplasms in the Rat Liver
VEGF Participates in Neovascularization and Sinusoidal Capillarization in HCC
Natural Killer Cells in the Liver and Their Activators
Modulation of Hepatic Sinusoidal Cell Function by Transduction of Genes in the Liver: Gene Therapy for Hepatic Micro-Metastasis
Liver Transplantation and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Morphological Aspects of Hepatic Sinusoidal Walls in Reperfusion Injury after Liver Preservation for Liver Transplantation
Ultrastructural and Functional Alteration in Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells in Cold-Preserved Rat Liver
Others
Cholestasis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells
Congenital Lipidosis