Epigenetic regulation of hepatic stellate cell activation

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Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) to a myofibroblast-like phenotype is the pivotal event in liver fibrosis. In uninjured liver, HSC are quiescent and non-dividing, but upon liver injury these cells undergo a dramatic change in phenotype which generates activated myofibroblast-like HSC. The change in phenotype is underpinned by a global change in gene expression with hundreds of genes being up- or...

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