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Record W4410974132 · doi:10.1038/s41423-025-01298-3

Liver macrophages: development, dynamics, and functions

2025· review· en· W4410974132 on OpenAlex
Ysbrand Nusse, Paul Kubes

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Bibliographic record

VenueCellular and Molecular Immunology · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldImmunology and Microbiology
TopicPhagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Canadian institutionsQueen's UniversityUniversity of Calgary
Fundersnot available
KeywordsDynamics (music)BiologyComputational biologyCell biologyChemistryPhysics

Abstract

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The liver is a sizeable visceral organ whose primary functions involve nutrient metabolism, clearance of toxins, and energy storage. Besides these critical functions, the liver is also a major immunological site. It is populated by several specialized resident immune cells, including B cells, T Cells, dendritic cells, and several populations of macrophages. It is also the site for the production and release of acute-phase proteins during inflammation. One reason for garrisoning these immune sentinels and effectors in the liver is its relative location in the circulatory system. The liver is the first significant organ downstream of the intestine, where blood originating from the intestine enters the liver through the portal vein. This organization facilitates the liver's uptake and processing of nutrient-rich blood directly from the intestinal source. However, the intestine is also home to trillions of microbes, many of which are commensals but also represent potential pathogens. As such, the portal blood supply represents an avenue for systemic infection. To sterilize the portal blood, the liver immune system filters pathogens, which is primarily accomplished by liver macrophages. Here, we will discuss the major populations of macrophages resident in the liver, their location, functions, development, and role in maintaining the liver in the face of injury and infection.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.993
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.239
Teacher spread0.228 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it