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hepatocyte

American  
[hep-uh-tuh-sahyt, hi-pat-uh-] / ˈhɛp ə təˌsaɪt, hɪˈpæt ə- /

noun

  1. a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.


Etymology

Origin of hepatocyte

First recorded in 1960–65; hepato- + -cyte

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But during chronic injury or severe hepatocyte death, proliferation of hepatocytes is exhausted.

From Science Daily Dec. 7, 2023

In the zebrafish studies, the liver disease was created by inducing hepatocyte death with genetic and chemical intervention.

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

Dhawan, who is a scientific advisor to Cytonet, a commercial liver cell provider, recently treated a two-day-old boy with a severe urea cycle defect using hepatocyte transplantation.

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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