hepatocyte
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hepatocyte
Example Sentences
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For more than a decade, Bhatia's laboratory has investigated ways to restore hepatocyte activity without requiring patients to undergo a surgical liver transplant.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
But during chronic injury or severe hepatocyte death, proliferation of hepatocytes is exhausted.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
For the non-encapsulated version of patisiran, the RNA is joined to a ligand called N-acetylgalactosamine, or GalNAc, which has a high affinity for a liver hepatocyte receptor.
From Nature ● Oct. 15, 2019
Called hepatocyte transplantation, the technique replaces approximately 10 percent of the liver with healthy cells from a deceased donor.
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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