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Lhx2-/- mice develop liver fibrosis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Nov 2004
Wandzioch Ewa, Kolterud Asa, Jacobsson Maria, Friedman Scott L, Carlsson Leif
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Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response to chronic injury of any type and is characterized by a progressive increase in deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, the major source of which are activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Because the LIM homeobox gene Lhx2 is expressed in H...
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