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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… 
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Hepatic laminaPortal triad
Hepatic lobuleHepatobiliary SystemLiverLiver Acinus Zone 1

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1999
1999
Distribution of alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzymes in the human liver acinus
Abstract By the use of a newly developed technique of ultrathin-layer electrophoresis, class I and class II alcohol dehydrogenase… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Connexins and glucagon receptors during development of rat hepatic acinus.
Levels (by immunoblotting) and cell distribution (by immunofluorescence) of connexins (Cxs) and glucagon receptors (GRs) were… 
1990
1990
Quantitative histochemical analysis of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in rat liver using an optimized cerium-diaminobenzidine method.
We have optimized a cerium-diaminobenzidine-based method for histochemical analysis of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) activity… 
1987
1987
Development of enzymic zonation in liver parenchyma is related to development of acinar architecture.
The appearance of the distribution patterns of the NH3-metabolizing enzymes carbamoylphosphate synthetase, glutamate… 
1987
1987
Phenobarbital induction of cytochrome P-450 in normal and preneoplastic rat liver: comparison of enzyme and mRNA expression as detected by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization.
The expression levels of the major phenobarbital-inducible cytochromes P-450 were analyzed immunohistochemically in liver… 
1986
1986
Heterogeneous expression of phenobarbital‐inducible cytochrome P‐450 genes within the hepatic acinus in the rat
Within the hepatic acinus, the functional unit of liver parenchyma, the induction of cytochrome P‐450 protein by phenobarbital is… 
1983
1983
Distribution of pyruvate kinase type L and M2 in microdissected periportal and perivenous rat liver tissue with different dietary states.
Pyruvate kinase type L and M2 activities were measured in microdissected periportal and perivenous liver tissue from rats in… 
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1982
Highly Cited
1982
Correlative histochemistry of some enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions in the rat liver.
The livers from a total of 51 Sprague-Dawley rats treated with different doses of N-nitrosomorpholine (80-120 mg/l in the… 
1978
1978
Bromobenzene-induced zonal necrosis in the hepatic acinus.
1974
1974
Growth, mitosis and morphogenesis of the simple liver acinus in neonatal rats.
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