RELATIVE DISTANCE: THE KEY TO THE SHAPE OF HEPATIC BUILDING BLOCKS

RELATIVE DISTANCE: THE KEY TO THE SHAPE OF HEPATIC BUILDING BLOCKS

The delineation and the shape of the smallest structural units of the liver is still the subject of debate. However,the blood flow from an upstream terminal branch of the portal vein to a downstream central vein is thought to induce a functional zonation in hepatocyte gene expression. This property...

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Main Authors: Jan M Ruijter, Marry M Markman, Jaco Hagoort, Antoon FM Moorman, Wouter H Lamers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis 2011-05-01
Series:Image Analysis and Stereology
Subjects:
distance transform
hepatocytes
liver lobule
stereology
Online Access:http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/618

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