Scanning electron micrograph of a small blood vessel in the liver, which contains many windows (small, dark grey dots). Credit: HHU / Sydney Balkenhol Fatty liver disease (SLD) is increasingly causing failure of the liver as a vital organ. A team led by researchers from the Institute of Metabolic Physiology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) in collaboration with the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and other partners has now discovered that a saturated fatty acid in blood vessels leads to the production of the signaling molecule SEMA3A, which closes the Read More