title: Hepatic sinusoidal cells in health and disease: update from the 14th International Symposium.
abstract: This review aims to give an update of the field of the hepatic sinusoid, supported by references to presentations given at the 14th International Symposium on Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid (ISCHS2008), which was held in Tromsø, Norway, August 31-September 4, 2008. The subtitle of the symposium, 'Integrating basic and clinical hepatology', signified the inclusion of both basal and applied clinical results of importance in the field of liver sinusoidal physiology and pathophysiology. Of nearly 50 oral presentations, nine were invited tutorial lectures. The authors of the review have avoided writing a 'flat summary' of the presentations given at ISCHS2008, and instead focused on important novel information. The tutorial presentations have served as a particularly important basis in the preparation of this update. In this review, we have also included references to recent literature that may not have been covered by the ISCHS2008 programme. The sections of this review reflect the scientific programme of the symposium (http://www.ub.uit.no/munin/bitstream/10037/1654/1/book.pdf): 1. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. 2. Kupffer cells. 3. Hepatic stellate cells. 4. Immunology. 5. Tumor/metastasis. Symposium abstracts are referred to by a number preceded by the letter A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway. bard.smedsrod@fagmed.uit.no
authors.forename: Bård
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smedsrød
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Couteur
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikejima
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaeschke
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knolle
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senoo
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vidal-Vanaclocha
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary; D009664:Norway