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Kupffer Cells
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Kupffer Cells
An analysis of the cell group protecting the liver from injury including their development, function, composition and anti-viral qualities.
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1994
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"Kupffer CellsSinusoidal cells make up about one.third of the total number of cells in the liver. This cell group forms a coordinated defense system designed to protect the liver from injury. The most potent of the parenchmal macrophages, the Kupffer cell, performs a variety of functions necessary for normal liver operations.
It has been over 100 years since the discovery of phagocytic mesenchymal cells in the liver. Kupffer and other early histologists observed these cells lining of the hepatic sinusoids (2:495). Because of their ability to take up vital dyes, they were grouped together with the reticular cells, the histiocytes, and the monocytes. Collectively, all of these cells were called the reticuloendothelial system (2:495).
It wasn't until..."
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