Liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy: Triggers and mechanisms

Figure 1 Schematic representation of rat liver lobes resection variations and Subsequent processes in the liver. A: Normal rat liver; B: Resection of 30% of the liver mass – the Left Lateral Lobe (LLL) – followed by hypertrophic regeneration; C: Resection of 70% of the liver mass – the Right Median Lobe (RML), Left Median Lobe (LML), and LLL – followed by hyperplastic regeneration; D: Dissection of the median lobe (ML) and the subsequent healing and scar formation; RL: Right lateral lobe; CL: Caudate lobe; ML: Median lobe; LLL: Left lateral lobe; RML: Right Median Lobe, LML: Left Median Lobe.