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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis
2011-05-01
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Series: | Image Analysis and Stereology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/618 |