supported by the National Institutes of Health Fund (Nos.DK081343,DK090036 and GM104037 to Grace L.Guo);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81302059);the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China (No.LC2013C35);the Foundation of Educational Committee of Heilongjiang Province of China (No.12541300);supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry and Science Foundation for The Excellent Youth Scholars of the Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University in China
The liver is unique in regenerative potential, which could recover the lost mass and function after injury from ischemia and resection. The underlying molecular mechanisms of liver regeneration have been extensively s...