Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells have small pores called fenestrae that allow bidirectional exchange of substrates such as lipids between hepatocytes and blood. New work reveals molecular pathways linking hyperlipidemia to these cells’ loss of fenestrae as a starting point for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.
- Nadia Ciriaci
- Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou
- Johanne Poisson