The liver and pancreas are organs in the upper abdomen. The liver is vital for metabolism, detoxification, digestion, and more. The pancreas produces essential enzymes and hormones. Together, they ...

Here we review how specialized cell types are produced in the adult liver and pancreas. Based on current evidence, we propose that the plasticity of differentiated cells, rather than stem cells ...

The functional units of the intestine, liver and exocrine pancreas are anatomically connected to the Sox9-expressing progenitor zone and receive a continuous supply of cells, but the islets of ...