Tsukuba, Japan—Bile ducts are pathways that carry hepatocyte-produced bile from the liver to the small intestine. In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells ...

Many liver diseases share a common characteristic: fibrosis, that is, the progressive accumulation of scarring in the liver ...

Researchers at Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre have uncovered how bile duct cells actively protect the liver from fibrosis, a key step toward cirrhosis and liver cancer. The study, published ...

Many liver diseases share a common characteristic: fibrosis, the progressive accumulation of scarring in the liver tissue.

Following a successful KPE expansion of K7 positive bile duct epithelium and transdifferentiating parenchymal intermediate hepatocytes (green color) in the vicinity of portal tracts are associated ...