Cell type · L1
hepatocyte
51,286 cells in the full atlas (not the displayed sample).
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Marker genes
ALB, APOA1, TTR, ASGR1, CYP3A4
Annotation genes
ALB, ASGR1, CYP3A4
Annotation rationales
Hepatocytes are the principal parenchymal cells of the liver, organized along porto-central metabolic gradients.
Functional implications
They control carbohydrate, lipid and amino-acid metabolism, detoxify xenobiotics, synthesize plasma proteins and bile, and mount acute-phase responses.
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