Table of Contents

1. The Intrahepatic Biliary Tree (J.M. Crawford); 2. Functional Heterogeneity of the Intrahepatic Cholangiocytes (G.D. LeSage, S.S. Glaser, H.Francis, J.Phinizy, G. Alpini); 3. The Actin Cytoskeleton in Liver Function (R.B. Doctor, M.Nichols); 4. Mechanisms of Bile Formation and Cholestasis (M.S. Anwer); 5. The Role of Bile Acids in the Modulation of Apoptosis (C.M.P. Rodrigues, R.E. Castro, C.J. Steer); 6. Growth Factors and the Liver (C.Selden); 7. Chemokine And Cytokine Regulation Of Liver Injury (K.J.Simpson, N.Henderson); 8. Drug Metabolism and Hepatotoxicity (J.M. Tredger); 9. Assembly and Secretion of Hepatic Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein (G.Gibbons); 10. Bilirubin Metabolism (P.L.M. Jansen, E.E.Bittar) r; 11. Clinical Biochemistry of the Liver (N.McIntyre); 12. Alcoholic Liver Disease (S.F. Stewart, C.P. Day); 13. Fulminant Hepatic Failure (W. Ng, I.D. Norton, D.B. Jones); 14. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (J.Neuberger); 15. Chronic Active Hepatitis (I.G. McFarlane); 16. Hepatitis B Virus (F.F. Poordad); 17. Current Issues in Hepatitis B Vaccines (J.N. Zuckerman, A.J. Zuckerman); 18. The Molecular Virology of Hepatitis C Virus (T.L. Tellinghuisen, C.M.Rice); 19. The Role of the Hepatic Stellate Cell in Liver Fibrosis (T.J. Kendall, J.P. Iredale); 20. Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (G. Singh, P. Rajvanshi, S. Gupta); 21. Biological Principles and Novel Therapies in Liver Cell Transplantation (S. Gupta, M. Inada, V. Kumaran, B. Joseph); 22. Fluid Transport in the Gall Bladder (J. Svanvik, B.Nilsson)

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