›› 2010, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 331-332.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0529-1356.2010.02.035

• 肝再生机制基础研究专题报道(二) • Previous Articles    

Research progress on Kupffer cells

  

  1. 1. College of Life Science, He′nan Normal University; 2. Key Laboratory for Cell Differentiation Regulation, He′nan Xinxiang 453007, China
  • Received:2009-12-07 Revised:2009-12-17 Online:2010-04-06
  • Contact: XU Cun-shuan

Abstract: Kupffer cell is a member of the liver nonparenchymal cells, it participates in a variety of physiological activities through phagocytosis, secreting cytokines, antigenpresenting pathways, and is closely related to a variety of diseases such as liver cancer, liver fibrosis, liver injury. This paper presents the progress of research on physiological functions of kupffer cells and its relations with liver.

Key words: Liver Kupffer cell, Cytokine

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