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Hepatocyte

Known as: Hepatic Cell, Hepatocytes, Cell, Hepatic 
The main structural component of the LIVER. They are specialized EPITHELIAL CELLS that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules.
National Institutes of Health

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BCLC Stage A Hepatocellular CarcinomaBCLC Stage B Adult Hepatocellular CarcinomaBCLC Stage B Hepatocellular CarcinomaBCLC Stage C Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Hepatic Stellate CellsHepatic macrophageProtoplasm

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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Correlation between time of partial hepatectomy after a single treatment with diethylnitrosamine and induction of adenosinetriphosphatase-deficient islands in rat liver.
Full-grown Sprague-Dawley rats were given a single i.p. injection of diethylnitrosamine (80 mg/kg) and subjected to partial… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Gluconeogenesis in isolated intact lamb liver cells. Effects of glucagon and butyrate.
1. Isolated lamb liver cells were prepared from 24-h-starved animals by venous perfusion of the excised caudate lobe with buffer… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The metabolism of benzo(alpha)pyrene in isolated rat liver cells.
Isolated rat liver cells catalyze the metabolism of benzo(alpha)pyrene (BP) with the resulting formation of phenols, dihydrodiols… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Rate-limiting steps of gluconeogenesis in liver cells as determined with the aid of fluoro-dicarboxylic acids.
Fluoromalate (an inhibitor of malate dehydrogenase and the malate carrier) or difluorooxaloacetate (an inhibitor of aspartate… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Synthesis of RNA, protein, and DNA in the liver of normal and hypophysectomized rats after partial hepatectomy.
Summary Hypophysectomy delays the beginning of DNA synthesis in the liver after partial hepatectomy by 15 hr as compared with… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF CARDIAC RIBOSOMES AND POLYSOMES.
1. A method is described by which good yields of ribosomes and polysomes free of contamination by submitochondrial fragments can… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
ACTINOMYCIN D. EFFECTS ON NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM IN INTACT AND REGENERATING LIVER OF RATS.
Single, lethal doses of actinomycin D (1 mg/kg) promptly decreased the rate of incorporation of C14-orotate into nuclear… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
METABOLISM OF DRUGS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES.
A great many drugs can be metabolized by liver microsomes in the pres­ ence of NADPH and oxygen (6). Attempts to define this… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The effect of hydrocortisone on tyrosine-alpha-ketoglutarate transaminase and tryptophan pyrrolase activities in the isolated, perfused rat liver.
Administration of hydrocortisone or cortisone to rats has been shown to produce a marked increase in hepatic tryptophan pyrrolase… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Prolonged obstructive jaundice in infancy. V. The genetic components in neonatal hepatitis.
During the past few years increasing attention has been directed toward a group of infants with prolonged obstructive jaundice…