Figure 5From: Morphological characterisation of portal myofibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells in the normal dog liverTEM of α-SMA. Immunogold labelling for α-SMA. The HSC is located in Disse's space between the endothelial cell and the hepatocyte. It has subendothelial cytoplasmic extensions and a prominent large lipid vacuole. The positive signal is present in the extensions (arrows). E = endothelial cell, HSC = hepatic stellate cell, L = lipid vacuole, S = sinusoid.Back to article page