Hepatology

Other Metabolic Liver Disease

Liver is a gland which plays a major role in the metabolism with numerous functions in the human body, including the regulation of the glycogen storage, decomposition of the red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, production of hormone and detoxification. Hepatocytes are the metabolic super achievers in the body which plays very critical roles in synthesizing the molecules that are been utilized elsewhere to support homeostasis and in converting molecules of one type to another in regulating the energy balances.