LFT slightly high. There is no pain. No yellowing of the eyes. No weakness. So it is easy to brush it aside. But the liver rarely shouts in the beginning. It whispers.Liver Function Tests, or LFTs, ...

Using human liver samples and a mouse model of cirrhosis, researchers identified epigenetic overactivation of the inflammatory PAF–PAF-R pathway in hepatic macrophages as a key driver of liver damage.

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A liver function test checks how ...

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...