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Liver Acinus Zone 1
An area of hepatocytes that are closest to an arteriole. Because of their close proximity to oxygenated blood, the cells in this zone carry out oxidative processes such as beta-oxidation, cholesterol synthesis and gluconeogenesis. (NCI Thesaurus)
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