Jun 21 2024 4 mins
In this episode of "Got Guts" The Micro Version, Jill P. Smith highlights the recently published research titled "Implicating the cholecystokinin B receptor in liver stem cell oncogenesis." This investigation identified a novel pathway involving the activation of hepatic stem cells and liver oncogenesis. Receptor blockade or genetic disruption of the cholecystokinin-B receptor (CCK-BR) signaling pathway decreased the activation and proliferation of hepatic stem cells after liver injury without eliminating the regenerative capacity of healthy hepatocytes.
Article Citation:
Implicating the cholecystokinin B receptor in liver stem cell oncogenesis
Martha D. Gay, Jack C. Drda, Wenqiang Chen, Yimeng Huang, Amal A. Yassin, Tetyana Duka, Hongbin Fang, Narayan Shivapurkar, and Jill P. Smith
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 2024 326:3, G291-G309