Hypertension or high blood pressure can cause many health problems. Its symptoms are detected late. For this reason, this ...

Korean researchers develop new drug candidate 19c for liver fibrosis treatment Researchers unveil promising new agent 19c in ...

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) and their collaborators have cast new light on the mechanisms by which hepatic stellate cells control liver ...

Scientists have identified the Plvap gene as a key regulator of metabolism during fasting. Disabling it in mice prevented the ...

Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells-star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators in liver fibrosis-have a commanding role in ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation. A study shows that the semi-synthetic bile acid NorUDCA inhibits in the ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type ...

Fatty pancreas disease, characterized by intra-pancreatic fat deposition, is more prevalent than diabetes, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer combined. Is its significance being overlooked?

The number one unmet need is that we don't have a good handle on who's at risk, because patients generally don't have too many ...