Blood from the portal vein (and hepatic artery) flows through the sinusoids between the plates of liver cells to the central vein. The central veins from different lobules ultimately join to form ...

This arrangement helps the liver efficiently remove toxins from the blood as it passes through the central vein for filtration. Once it’s processed, the blood is returned to circulation. All the blood ...

The right and left lobes of the liver are made up of basic histological units called lobules that are hexagonal units comprising liver cells (hepatocytes) and sinusoids. These are grouped around a ...

We propose that the presence of diffuse and obvious dilatation of portal veins, central veins and sinusoids in a liver biopsy from a patient with portal hypertension and no cirrhosis should raise ...

In a breakthrough that brings bioengineered organs one step closer to reality, scientists have created lab-grown liver tissue ...

The liver has immune characteristics (ie, Kupffer cells, vascular and sinusoidal endothelial cells, and portal dendritic and inflammatory cells) that logically should promote graft rejection.