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

The liver is largely comprised of hepatocytes, but Kupffer cells, endothelial cells and hepatic stellate cells are also present.

The hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes severe liver inflammation. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and ...

A research team from Bochum and Hannover shows that the hepatitis E virus also attacks organs other than the liver.

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

Here the authors show that CD4 + effector T cells prevent or reverse CD8 + T cell dysfunction by licensing Kupffer cells to trigger IL-27 production, defining a liver-specific immune circuit and a ...