Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent complication of liver cirrhosis and is due to a low-grade cerebral edema associated with oxidative/nitrosative stress. Recent reports suggest that cognitive impairment in cirrhotic ...

Since 1990s, when it was demonstrated by Hammel and others, that liver fibrosis is reversible, researchers and physicians actively search for new antifibrotic therapies. In recent years knowledge of liver fibrosis ...

Many organs and tissues have been reported to harbor regional stem cells. One of the candidates for this role in the liver is hepatic stellate cells (HSC). Cultivation of cells in vitro may lead to changes in their ...

Restoration of liver after partial hepatectomy (PH) depends on proliferation dynamics of parenchymal and nonparenchymal liver cell populations. To study separately proliferation impact of nonparenchymal cells it is recommended ...

One of diabetes mellitus (DM) animal models is performed by injection of streptozocin-nicotinamide (SZC-NA) - agents that via GLUT-2 transporter blockage affect glucose transport into cells. GLUT-2 is highly present on ...