Molecular Pathology of Liver Diseases

Satdarshan (Paul) Singh Monga, M.D. is Director: the Division of Experimental Pathology and Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

• Molecular Basis of Hepatic Physiology.- Gross and Cellular Anatomy of the Liver.- Liver Zonation.- Hepatocytes.- Biliary Epithelial Cells.- Stellate Cells.- Kupffer Cells.- Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells.- Carbohydrate Metabolic Functions of the Liver.- Protein Metabolic Functions of the Liver.- Fat Metabolic Functions of the Liver.- Detoxification Functions of the Liver.- Synthetic Functions of the Liver.- Bilirubin Metabolism.- Bile Acid Metabolism.- Liver Development.- Transcriptional Control of Hepatic Differentiation.- Liver Regeneration.- Liver Stem Cells.- Apoptosis and Necrosis.- Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis.- Ischemia-reperfusion Injury.- Fatty Liver.- Cholestasis.- Portal Hypertension.- Inflammation.- Oxidative Stress.- NAFLD.- ALD.- Viral Hepatitis.- Autoimmune Hepatitis.- Toxic Liver Injury.- Wilson's Disease.- Hemochromatosis.- Glycogen Storage Diseases.- al-Antitrypsin Deficiency.- Hepatic Artery Obstruction.- Portal Vein Obstruction.- Hepatic Vein Thrombosis.- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.- Benign Hepatic Tumors.- Benign Biliary Tumors.- Experimental Carcinogenesis.- Cancer Stem Cells.- Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- Fibrolamellar Variant of HCC.- Metastatic Diseases to the Liver.- Cholangiocarcinoma.- Molecular Pathology of Extrahepatic Bile Ducts and Gall Bladder.- Developmental Disorders of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct.- Choledocholithiasis, Cholangitis, Gallstones.- and Cholecystitis.- Carcinoma of Extrahepatic Bile Duct.- Gall Bladder Neoplasms.- Index.