Cooperations of Liver Cells in Health and Disease. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology: Band 161 Book

Cells of the liver lobule.- Hepaytes.- Sinusoidale endothelial cells.- Kupffer cells.- Hepatic stellate cells.- Pit cells and other intrahepatic lymphocytes.- Cross-talk of liver cells in physiology and pathology.- Cooperation of liver cells in eicosanoid synthesis and degradation.- Nitric oxide as a mediator of intercellular communication in the liver.- Cooperation of hepaytes and stellate cells in the metabolisms and storage of retinoids.- Cooperation of liver cells in the regulation of glucose metabolism.- Cooperation of liver cells in the synthesis of growth factors and growth factor binding proteins.- Cooperation of liver cells in the regulation of sinusoidal contractility.- Cross-talk of liver cells in response to endotoxin.- Endotoxin uptake by the liver.- Cooperation of liver cells in the process of liver fibrosis.- Perspectives.- Summary.- References.- Subject Index.