ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025
Hepatic Zonation in MASLD: Old Question, New Challenge in the Era of Spatial Omics.
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- Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma: molecular mechanisms, physiology, and therapies.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
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- Regulation and clinical manifestations of gluconeogenesis dysfunction.npj metabolic health and disease · 2026Review
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- Single Cell Analysis Reveals the Presence of Novel Intermediate Cells in Both Mice and Patients With Severe MASLD.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
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- The I148M PNPLA3 Variant Forces Progressive Portal MASLD by Spatially Perturbing Metabolic Pathways Across Liver Zones.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Immune Determinants of MASLD Progression: From Immunometabolic Reprogramming to Fibrotic Transformation.Biology · 2026Review
- Ferroptosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Spatial immune niche remodeling of the neutrophil-macrophage axis inchronic liver disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Scaling human liver microphysiological systems: implementing a higher-throughput liver acinus microphysiological system platform.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hepatic zonation reflects the concept that hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells (NPCs) perform distinct metabolic functions, depending on their spatial localization along the porto-central axis. The maintenance of this fine-tuned organization is essential for liver homeostasis, and its disruption may contribute to liver diseases, including metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Fat overload perturbs zonal gene signatures, lipid handling and oxygen/metabolite gradients progressively leading to steatohepatitis (MASH), fibrosis and HCC, conditions in which the hepatic architecture is lost. Traditional approaches have provided valuable insights into zonation, although they lack the spatial resolution and mask the heterogeneity of NPCs. Thus, the premise of this review is to discuss how spatial omics can redefine our understanding of hepatic zonation by integrating tissue mapping with metabolic organization, specifically focusing on MASLD. The advent of spatial omics accelerates knowledge regarding MASLD pathophysiology, providing more informative insights into transcriptional/translational/lipidomic/metabolomics zone-specific perturbations. Emerging spatial genomics and epigenomics applications further expand this scenario, allowing for the capture of chromatin remodeling in situ. The integration of these state-of-the-art approaches, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI)-based analyses, is promising in the clinic, as it may provide novel zonal prognostic biomarkers and pave the way for precision-medicine strategies targeting zonal switching.
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