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Hepatology. 2021 Dec;74(6):3513-3522. doi: 10.1002/hep.32055. Epub 2021 Aug 15.

Hepatic Nervous System in Development, Regeneration, and Disease.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Bess M Miller, Isaac M Oderberg, Wolfram Goessling

Affiliations

  1. Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
  2. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
  3. Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA.
  5. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

PMID: 34256416 PMCID: PMC8639644 DOI: 10.1002/hep.32055

Abstract

The liver is innervated by autonomic and sensory fibers of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems that regulate liver function, regeneration, and disease. Although the importance of the hepatic nervous system in maintaining and restoring liver homeostasis is increasingly appreciated, much remains unknown about the specific mechanisms by which hepatic nerves both influence and are influenced by liver diseases. While recent work has begun to illuminate the developmental mechanisms underlying recruitment of nerves to the liver, evolutionary differences contributing to species-specific patterns of hepatic innervation remain elusive. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on the development of the hepatic nervous system and its role in liver regeneration and disease. We also highlight areas in which further investigation would greatly enhance our understanding of the evolution and function of liver innervation.

© 2021 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

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