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Relationship between oxidative stress levels and activation state on a hepatic stellate cell line.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 May 2006
Guimarães E L M, Franceschi M F S, Grivicich I, Dal-Pizzol F, Moreira J C F, Guaragna R M, Borojevic R, Margis R, Guma F C R
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Oxidative stress plays an important role in liver fibrosis. Under pathological conditions, hepatic stellate cells (HSC) undergo an activation process, developing a myofibroblast-like phenotype from the lipocyte phenotype. In this study, we determined the levels of oxidative stres...
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