«They are not doing all the «worker bee» functions of
normal hepatocytes.»
It enters into
normal hepatocytes to keep them skinny, which prevents the buildup of fat inside cells seen in steatosis, whereas it accumulates on the surface of HCC cells to kill them,» says Professor Miyazaki.
Not exact matches
The researchers found that patients from MODY3 families had one of several different mutations in the gene for
hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha (HNF -1-alpha) but healthy subjects had
normal copies of the gene.