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Effect of phorbol ester and platelet-derived growth factor on protein kinase C in rat hepatic stellate cells.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Oct 2007
Kobayashi Yoshimasa, Bridle Kim R, Ramm Grant A, O'neill Rosemary, Britton Robert S, Bacon Bruce R
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play a key role in hepatic fibrogenesis and thus, it is important to understand the intracellular signalling pathways that influence their behaviour. This study investigated the expression and regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) in HSC. RESULTS: Western blot analysis indicates that rat HSC express at least four PKC isoforms, PKC-alpha, PKC-delta, PKC-epsilon and...
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