Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells

I Introduction.- The Intestine, Spleen, and Liver.- II Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells: Characteristics and Special Topics.- Endothelial Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoids: A Review.- Hepatic Stellate Cells.- Development, Differentiation, and Host Defense Function of Kupffer Cells.- Pit Cells as Liver-Associated Natural Killer Cells.- III Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Liver Injury and Regeneration.- Changes in Adhesion Molecules of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Liver Injury.- The Role of Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells in the Development of Massive Liver Necrosis.- Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Liver Regeneration.- Angiogenesis of Cultured Rat Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells.- The Multiple Roles of Macrophages in Hepatic Granuloma Formation in Mice.- Hepatic Sinusoidal Microcirculation.- Roles of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in the Local Regulation of Hepatic Sinusoidal Blood Flow—Involvement of Endothelins and Nitric Oxide.- Hepatic Innervation and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Contraction and Relaxation of Ito Cells.- Portal Hypertension and the Hepatic Sinusoid.- Alcoholic Liver Diseases and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Role of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Alcoholic Liver Disease.- The Role of Neutrophils in Liver Cell Injury in Alcoholic Hepatitis.- Ethanol-Induced Perturbation of Hepatic Microcirculation: Roles of Endothelin-1 and Nitric Oxide in Regulation of Sinusoidal Tone.- Morphological Aspects of Hepatic Fibrosis and Ito Cells (Hepatic Stellate Cells), with Special Reference to Their Myofibroblastic Transformation.- Retinoids and Liver Fibrosis.- Hepatic Fibrolysis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatic Fibrosis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Liver Tumor and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Anti-Fibrotic Agent Reduces Enzyme-Altered Lesions and Neoplasms in the Rat Liver.- VEGF Participates in Neovascularization and Sinusoidal Capillarization in HCC.- Natural Killer Cells in the Liver and Their Activators.- Modulation of Hepatic Sinusoidal Cell Function by Transduction of Genes in the Liver: Gene Therapy for Hepatic Micro-Metastasis.- Liver Transplantation and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Morphological Aspects of Hepatic Sinusoidal Walls in Reperfusion Injury after Liver Preservation for Liver Transplantation.- Ultrastructural and Functional Alteration in Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells in Cold-Preserved Rat Liver.- Others.- Cholestasis and Hepatic Sinusoidal Cells.- Congenital Lipidosis.- Key Word Index.