Fibrotic liver has prompt recovery after ischemia/reperfusion injury.
In conclusion, fibrotic liver clears necrotic areas and restores normal parenchyma faster than normal liver after I/R. This beneficial response appears to be directly related to the increased numbers of non-parenchymal cells, particularly phagocytic macrophages, in the fibrotic liver.
PMID: 31961717 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Am J Physiol Gastroi... - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Konishi T, Schuster RM, Goetzman HS, Caldwell CC, Lentsch AB Tags: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol Source Type: research
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