Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in the liver: Expression and function

Figure 1 The hepatic lobule-the microscopic functional structure of the liver. The hepatocytes are arranged in cordon, connecting the central vein to the portal triad, which is formed by a hepatic artery, a portal vein and a bile duct. The other represented cell types are: Kupffer cell, resident macrophages responsible for the immunologic response in the liver, and cholangiocytes which form the bile duct that transport bile to the gallbladder.