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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- SECTION I: THE NORMAL LIVER -- Chapter 1 The Origin of Kupffer Cells and Their Anatomic Relationship to Hepatocytes -- Chapter 2 Modes of Communication Between Kupffer Cells and Hepatocytes Under Normal and Pathological Conditions -- Chapter 3 Experimental Models for Studying the Interaction of Kupffer Cells and Hepatocytes -- SECTION II: NONSEPTIC PATHOLOGIC STATES -- Chapter 4 Antitumor Defense System of the Liver -- Chapter 5 Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease -- Chapter 6 Viral Infections and Hepatitis -- Chapter 7 Role of Macrophages and Endothelial Cells in Hepatotoxicity -- Chapter 8 Liver Alloimmunity -- Chapter 9 Nonparenchymal Cell and Hepatocyte Interaction in Antimalarial Activity: A Central Role for Nitric Oxide -- SECTION III: THE LIVER IN SEPSIS -- Chapter 10 Regulation of Kupffer Cell Activation -- Chapter 11 The Role of Kupffer Cells in Control of Acute Phase Protein Synthesis -- Chapter 12 The Changes in Hepatic Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism in Sepsis -- Index