Hepatic stellate cell fat-staining method to identify the "fat-storing cells" of the liver. Hepatic stellate cell Hepatic stellate cells (here HSC), also known as perisinusoidal cells or Ito cells (earlier "lipocytes" or "fat-storing cells"), are pericytes found in the perisinusoidal space of the liver, also known as the space of Disse (a small area between the sinusoids and hepatocytes). The stellate cell is the major cell type involved in liver fibrosis, which is the formation of scar tissue in response to liver damage. Hepatic stellate cells can be selectively stained with gold chloride, but their distinguishing feature in routine histological preparations is the
Collateral adjective and Wagnalls" dictionaries, but as they are currently out of print, the term has become rare. A synonym sometimes seen in linguistics is "suppletive (denominal) adjective," though this is a liberal and arguably incorrect use of the word 'suppletive'. Collateral adjective A collateral adjective is an adjective that is identified with a particular noun in meaning, but that is not derived from that noun. For example, the word "bovine" is considered the adjectival equivalent of the noun "cow", but it is derived from a different word, which happens to be the Latin word for "cow". Similarly, "lunar" serves as an