Hepatic stellate cells: From bad reputation to mediators of liver homeostasis.
Katharina SchönbergerJan S TchorzPublished in: Science signaling (2023)
Organ size and function critically depend on the tight regulation of cellular turnover. In this issue of Science Signaling, Trinh et al . reveal that hepatic stellate cells play an important role in maintaining liver homeostasis by stimulating midzonal hepatocyte proliferation through the secretion of neurotrophin-3.