Skip to search formSkip to main content
You are currently offline. Some features of the site may not work correctly.

Structure of hepatic acinus

Known as: Hepatic acinus, Liver Acinus, Portal acinus 
The smallest functional unit of the liver, comprising all of the liver parenchyma supplied by a terminal branch of the portal vein and hepatic artery… Expand
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

Related topics

12 relations

Narrower (2)

Hepatic laminaPortal triad
Hepatic lobuleHepatobiliary SystemLiverLiver Acinus Zone 1
Expand

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Review
2017
Review
2017
Metabolic zonation of the liver: The oxygen gradient revisited
The liver has a multitude of functions which are necessary to maintain whole body homeostasis. This requires that various… Expand
  • figure 1
  • figure 2
Is this relevant?
Review
2009
Review
2009
Hepatic glutamate metabolism: a tale of 2 hepatocytes.
Glutamate plays a central role in hepatic amino acid metabolism, both because of its role in the transdeamination of most amino… Expand
  • table 1
  • figure 1
  • figure 2
  • figure 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
4-Hydroxynonenal and malondialdehyde hepatic protein adducts in rats treated with carbon tetrachloride: immunochemical detection and lobular localization.
The metabolism of CCl(4) initiates the peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids producing alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes… Expand
Is this relevant?
Review
1992
Review
1992
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease--liver toxicity syndrome after bone marrow transplantation.
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is the most common life threatening complication of preparative-regimen-related toxicity for… Expand
Is this relevant?
Review
1992
Review
1992
Metabolic heterogeneity of hepatocytes across the liver acinus.
Periportal hepatocytes around the afferent vessels and perivenous hepatocytes around the efferent vessels of the liver acinus… Expand
Is this relevant?
Review
1991
Review
1991
Alcoholic liver disease: pathologic, pathogenetic and clinical aspects.
Alcoholic liver disease includes steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Other liver diseases of genetic origin, but with a… Expand
Is this relevant?
Review
1989
Review
1989
Functional specialization of different hepatocyte populations.
Hepatocytes from the periportal (afferent) and perivenous (efferent) zones of the liver parenchyma differ in their enzyme content… Expand
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The streaming liver.
Twenty male adult rats weighing 200 g were injected with tritiated thymidine (3HTdR). The animals were then killed in groups of… Expand
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
NADP-dependent dehydrogenases in rat liver parenchyma
SummaryAt present soluble NADP-dependent dehydrogenases are histochemically demonstrated in three different ways: according to… Expand
  • figure 1
  • figure 2
  • figure 3
  • table 1
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The microcirculatory hepatic unit.
Abstract The hepatic microcirculation, the result of the total merging of hepatic arterial and portal stream in the sinusoidal… Expand
Is this relevant?
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License
ACCEPT & CONTINUE