MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH164TJ, UK; MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK. Electronic address: [Email]
Chronic liver disease results in fibrosis and cancer. While injury is associated with mutational burden, a recent study (Zhu et al. Cell 2019;177:608-621) highlights that not all positively selected mutations in the liver are precancerous. Indeed, some may be beneficial to the ability of the liver to not only withstand injury , but also to regenerate.
