Kinji Asahina
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Recent Articles
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Uchida H, Aihara N, Morimura T, Matsumoto S, Hasegawa D, Ichiki T, et al.
Anat Rec (Hoboken)
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39924771
Glisson's sheath is the connective tissue ensheathing the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct within the liver. Although the connective tissue surrounding the liver surface is known as Glisson's...
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Balog S, Jeong S, Asahina K
FASEB J
. 2023 Nov;
38(1):e23327.
PMID: 38019178
Upon injury to Glisson's capsule, mesothelial cells covering the liver surface differentiate into myofibroblasts and participate in capsular fibrosis. In the fibrotic area, infiltrating macrophages are present, but their origin...
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Asahina K, Ilangumaran S
Front Immunol
. 2023 Oct;
14:1304773.
PMID: 37901219
No abstract available.
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Kweon S, Irimia-Dominguez J, Kim G, Fueger P, Asahina K, Lai K, et al.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
. 2023 May;
325(2):G147-G157.
PMID: 37129245
Although midnolin has been studied for over 20 years, its biological roles in vivo remain largely unknown, especially due to the lack of a functional animal model. Indeed, given our...
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Zhong A, Short C, Xu J, Fernandez G, Malkoff N, Noriega N, et al.
Hepatol Commun
. 2023 Jan;
7(2):e0018.
PMID: 36662671
Background And Aims: Restitution of the extrahepatic biliary luminal epithelium in cholangiopathies is poorly understood. Prominin-1 (Prom1) is a key component of epithelial ciliary body of stem/progenitor cells. Given that...
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Short C, Zhong A, Xu J, Mahdi E, Glazier A, Malkoff N, et al.
Hepatology
. 2023 Jan;
77(5):1639-1653.
PMID: 36626628
Background And Aims: Biliary atresia (BA), a congenital cholestatic liver disease, commonly culminates in end-stage liver disease. We previously demonstrated in BA that Prominin-1 ( Prom1 )-expressing hepatic progenitor cells...
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Balog S, Fujiwara R, Pan S, El-Baradie K, Choi H, Sinha S, et al.
Hepatology
. 2022 Oct;
78(1):212-224.
PMID: 36181700
Background And Aims: Relative roles of HSCs and portal fibroblasts in alcoholic hepatitis (AH) are unknown. We aimed to identify subpopulations of collagen type 1 alpha 1 (Col1a1)-expressing cells in...
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Lua I, Balog S, Asahina K
J Cell Physiol
. 2022 Apr;
237(5):2561-2573.
PMID: 35445400
Mesothelial cells cover the surface of the internal organs and the walls of body cavities, facilitating the movement between organs by secretion of a lubricating fluid. Upon injury, mesothelial cells...
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Zindel J, Mittner J, Bayer J, April-Monn S, Kohler A, Nusse Y, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2021 Dec;
12(1):7316.
PMID: 34916513
Abdominal surgeries are lifesaving procedures but can be complicated by the formation of peritoneal adhesions, intra-abdominal scars that cause intestinal obstruction, pain, infertility, and significant health costs. Despite this burden,...
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Lua I, Balog S, Yanagi A, Tateno C, Asahina K
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat
. 2021 Jun;
156:106577.
PMID: 34147666
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is a major public health concern and is characterized by the accumulation of triglyceride in hepatocytes and inflammation in the liver. Steatosis is caused by dysregulation of the...