Stellate Cells in Health and Disease

Dr. Chandrashekhar Gandhi is a professor within the department of Surgery at the University of Cincinnati. His laboratory focuses on the mechanisms of intercellular communications that regulate the structure and function of the liver in physiology and pathology. Present research elucidates specific molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying effects of stellate cells. Dr. Gandhi is a member of the American Association for Advancement of Science, The New York Academy of Sciences, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Liver Transplantation Society, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the American Society for Investigative Pathology. He has contributed over 70 published research articles and owns the patent for “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses of Augmenter of Liver Regeneration (ALR) in Inflammatory Conditions” (PCT/US2008/075440).

Chapter 1. History and Early WorkChapter 2. Stellate Cell Culture ModelsChapter 3. Hepatic Fibrosis: A Global Clinical ProblemChapter 4. Stellate Cells and Hepatic FibrosisChapter 5. Cytokin Production and Signaling in Stellate CellsChapter 6. Stellate Cells, Portal Myofibroblasts and Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionChapter 7. Matrix Melalloproteinases and their InhibitorsChapter 8. Matrix Melalloproteinases and their InhibitorsChapter 9. Stellate Cells and Liver CancerChapter 10. Morphogens and hepatic stellate cell fate regulationChapter 11. Stellate Cells in alcoholic SteatohepatitisChapter 12. Stellate Cells as target for Reversal of Fibrosis/CirrhosisChapter 13. Interactions of Stellate Cells with other Nonparenchymal CellsChapter 14. Stellate Cells in Regulation of Hepatocyte Survival and FunctionsChapter 15. Stellate Cells in hepatic ImmunobiologyChapter 16. Stellate Cell Depletion ModelsChapter 17. Stellate Cells in Nonhepatic Organs