title: Sinusoidal communication in liver fibrosis and regeneration.
abstract: Cellular crosstalk is a process through which a message is transmitted within an individual cell (intracellular crosstalk) or between different cells (intercellular crosstalk). Intercellular crosstalk within the liver microenvironment is critical for the maintenance of normal hepatic functions and for cells survival. Hepatic cells are closely connected to each other, work in synergy, and produce molecules that modulate their differentiation and activity. This review summarises the current knowledge regarding paracrine communication networks in parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells in liver fibrosis due to chronic injury, and regeneration after partial hepatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Regenerative Medicine & Fibrosis Group, Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, University College London, Royal Free, London, UK.
authors.forename: Giusi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marrone
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, United States.
authors.forename: Vijay H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - Centro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: jgracia@clinic.cat.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gracia-Sancho
mesh_terms: D006498:Hepatectomy; D022781:Hepatocytes; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D008115:Liver Regeneration
keywords: Cirrhosis; HSC; Hepatic stellate cells; Hepatocytes; Ischemia/reperfusion; Kupffer cells; LSEC; Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells; Portal hypertension; Regeneration; Transplantation