hepatocyte
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hepatocyte
Example Sentences
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But during chronic injury or severe hepatocyte death, proliferation of hepatocytes is exhausted.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
These were then surrounded by other cell types, such as skin fibroblasts, which interact with these hepatocyte islands to help maintain liver-specific metabolic function and gene-activity profiles that would otherwise be lost.
From Nature • Mar. 24, 2015
In one patient a hepatocyte transplant reduced her phenylalanine level by almost half.
From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2015
A hepatocyte is the liver’s main cell type, accounting for around 80 percent of the liver's volume.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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