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Apoptosis: The nexus of liver injury and fibrosis
1 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis associated with liver disease is increasingly viewed as a nexus through which many key pathways converge. Apoptotic responses incorporate soluble stimuli, inflammatory cells, resident parenchymal cells, and, it now appears, fibrogenic cells as well. Cellular apoptosis is the first cellular response to many toxic events, and accompanies viral hepatitis, alcohol-induced liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty...
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