Mouse Liver

The mouse liver is a vital organ that regulates metabolism, processes nutrients, produces bile, and helps remove harmful substances from the blood. Its functional units, called lobules, organize hepatocytes around blood vessels so these cells can modify carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and drugs while secreting bile into ducts. Because mouse liver structure and physiology support controlled genetic and experimental studies, it serves as an important model for investigating liver development, regeneration, metabolism, infection, and disease. Research using mouse liver tissue also helps evaluate drug toxicity and identify biological mechanisms relevant to human health.

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Isolation of Marginating Hepatic Leukocytes from a Mouse Liver

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2025

In this video, we demonstrate the isolation of marginating hepatic leukocytes from mouse liver by forced perfusion.

Generation of a Humanized Mouse Liver Using Human Hepatic Stem Cells

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2016

Here, we present a novel humanized mouse liver model generated in Alb-toxin receptor mediated cell knockout (TRECK)/SCID mice following the transplantation of immature and expandable human hepatic stem cells.

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Mouse Model of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease with Fibrosis

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2025

Mouse model of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) with metabolic dysfunction, hepatic gene expression changes, and liver histopathological alterations that resemble human MASLD, including fibrosis that progresses to advanced fibrosis stage 3. This model can be used in studies of MASLD pathophysiology and in pre-clinical studies of new therapies.

Developing a Humanized Mouse Model with Human Liver Cells and Immune Cells

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2025

This video demonstrates a method for generating a dual humanized mouse model with a human immune system and liver cells. It involves transplanting human liver cells and hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells into a transgenic immunodeficient mouse via intrasplenic injection, leading to engraftment of liver cells and development of human immune cells.

Establishment of the Dual Humanized TK-NOG Mouse Model for HIV-associated Liver Pathogenesis

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2019

This protocol provides a reliable method to establish humanized mice with both human immune system and liver cells. Dual reconstituted immunodeficient mice achieved via intrasplenic injection of human hepatocytes and CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells are susceptible to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection and recapitulate liver damage as observed in HIV-infected patients.

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