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[Hepatic stellate cells: it's role in normal and pathological conditions].
Gastroenterologia y hepatologia - 1 Feb 2006
Sarem M, Znaidak R, Macías M, Rey R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatic fibrosis is a dynamic and sophisticatedly regulated wound healing response to chronic hepatocellular injury. This fibrotic process results from the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) including collagen, proteoglycan, and adhesive glycoproteins which are principally produced by hepatic stellate cells (HSC), a mesenchymal cell type located between parenchymal cell plates and sinusoidal endothelial...
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