The liver’s capacity to regenerate after injury or surgical resection depends intimately on its vascular architecture and the dynamic forces of blood flow that permeate the parenchyma. Hepatic ...

Portal hypertension (PH), a serious complication of liver cirrhosis, is defined as a pressure gradient > 5 mmHg between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava. When the hepatic venous pressure ...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is a type of liver disease that is present from birth. It typically affects the function of the bile ducts and the veins that carry blood from the digestive tract to the ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

The long-term stasis of blood in the liver, known as chronic liver congestion, can lead to a range of diseases, some of which are fatal. However, identifying how liver congestion causes these diseases ...

Leveraging human organoid-based mechanistic investigation, researchers reveal how an immunosuppressive drug, antithymocyte globulin (ATG), induces injury to blood vessels in the liver. According to ...

One of the lesser understood dilemmas of OLT is the phenomenon of the PNFG, the graft that despite all efforts by organ recovery and transplant teams to ensure its viability, fails to function. In ...

This article – the first in a three-part series on the liver – discusses the function and structure of the liver. It explains how it performs a huge range of vital bodily functions, including ...

Fatty Liver and High Blood Pressure: What’s the Link? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is associated with high blood pressure, or hypertension, but the cause-effect ...

In a human organoid-based mechanistic investigation, researchers revealed how an immunosuppressive drug, antithymocyte globulin (ATG), induces injury to blood vessels in the liver. According to the ...