From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the ...

In response to chronic stimuli such as alcohol abuse, viral infection, NAFLD/NASH and toxic damage, liver loses its normal structure and non-parenchymal cells including HSCs, KCs and LSECs undergo ...

Choline is an essential nutrient that plays a key role in fetal growth and development, supports cell structure and function, ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Scientists have found that combining silybin with carvedilol works far better against liver fibrosis than either drug alone.

Researchers warn that sustained consumption of such diets could increase the risk of liver cancer over time. Proponents of ...

The number of patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease is rapidly increasing due to the spread of ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Liver fibrosis is scarring that occurs when the liver tries to heal from inflammation ...