title: Structural and functional aspects of the liver and liver sinusoidal cells in relation to colon carcinoma metastasis.
abstract: Nowadays, liver metastasis remains difficult to cure. When tumor cells escape and arrive in the liver sinusoids, they encounter the local defense mechanism specific to the liver. The sinusoidal cells have been widely described in physiologic conditions and in relation to metastasis during the past 30 years. This paper provides an "overview" of how these cells function in health and in diseases such as liver metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Experimental Surgery and Anaesthesia, Abdominal Transplant Surgery Department, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium. katrien.vekemans@med.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vekemans
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*