Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare chronic autoimmune cholangiopathy that mainly affects middle-aged women, ...

When damage to the liver caused by alcohol or viral infections persists, liver fibrosis progresses and replaces tissue with collagen fibers. This is especially a risk in chronic hepatitis C patients, ...

Metastasis remains the principal cause of cancer-related mortality, yet its distribution across organs is far from random. Instead, tumor cells exhibit organotropism, a consistent preference for ...

ABSTRACT: As a key process in maintaining cellular metabolic homeostasis, the targeted regulation of autophagy offers new insights into the treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, obesity, ...

Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in human cells. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Even before a baby’s birth, a lot has already happened. Organs are built, immune cells settle in, and tiny instructions shape the body for life outside. But in babies born to higher-weight mothers, ...

Children born to obese mothers are at higher risk of developing metabolic disorders, even if they follow a healthy diet themselves. A new study from the University of Bonn offers an explanation for ...

more lipids (yellow, LD540) when exposed to molecules from Kupffer cells taken from the offspring of obese mice (right, HFDM). The image on the left shows liver cells exposed to factors from the ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Simultaneous abuse of ethanol and methamphetamine (METH) causes severe liver damage ...