title: The liver sinusoidal cells. Their role in disorders of the liver, lipoprotein metabolism and atherogenesis.
abstract: A review of the morphological and metabolic interactions between hepatocytes, the various sinusoidal cells and sinusoidal blood is presented. This field of investigation is rapidly expanding, with widespread implications in the regulation of physiological processes and diseases in the liver and other organs. Although most of the review is of already published work, some areas incorporate personal speculations of the probable role of sinusoidal cells in disease processes.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D014801:Vitamin A