Role of Liver (including Liver Disease and Starvation)

Liver cells are vital for storage of glycogen and subsequent production of glucose via glycogenolyisis.
Gluconeogenesis is the process by which glucose is produced from non-carbohydrate substrates including protein and lipids.
Diseases which reduce ability of liver cells to produce glucose through either glycogenolysis or gluconeogenesis increase the risk of hypoglycaemia e.g. alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatitis.