Family medicine specialist Dr Chow Suet Yin explains the many functions of this organ and how we can protect its healthy ...

Children born to obese mothers are at higher risk of developing metabolic disorders, even if they follow a healthy diet ...

Obese liver disease may start before birth. A new study shows how maternal weight reprograms liver cells in offspring.

As Kupffer cells show prominent cytotoxicity against tumor cells 32, it may be possible to mobilize this cytotoxic capacity for immunotherapy of primary and metastatic malignancies in the liver ...

Macrophages are immune cells responsible for maintaining tissue homeostasis, responding to damage and facilitating repair. In the liver, Kupffer cells dominate under healthy conditions. However, upon ...

Liver cells store more lipids (yellow, LD540) when exposed to molecules from Kupffer cells taken from the offspring of obese mice (right, HFDM).

Liver cells, so-called hepatocytes, make up about 60 percent of the total cell number of the organ. They have important metabolic tasks and are active in detoxification and metabolism.