Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells

Hepatic sinusoidal cells such as sinusoidal endothelial cells, Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, and pit cells play an important role i n hemodynamic and metabolic function and are involved in various liver diseases. The frequent involvement of sinusoidal cells in pathologic conditions is explained by the diverse actions of those cells, an unde rstanding of which is essential to clinicians. Generously illustrated, this volume presents results of recent studies on hepatic sinusoidal cells in liver diseases, with an introduction to the structure and fun ction of the various types of sinusoidal cells. The in-depth focus of the book is on the role of hepatic sinusoidal cells in relation to liv er injury and regeneration, hepatic sinusoidal microcirculation, alcoh olic liver diseases, hepatic fibrosis, liver tumor, liver transplantat ion, cholestasis, and congenital lipidosis, thus providing a valuable reference source for practitioners and researchers.