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Morphogens and hepatic stellate cell fate regulation in chronic liver disease.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Mar 2012
Tsukamoto Hidekazu, Zhu Nian-Ling, Wang Jiaohong, Asahina Kinji, Machida Keigo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are the liver mesenchymal cell type which responds to hepatocellular damage and participates in wound healing. Although HSC myofibroblastic trans-differentiation (activation) is implicated in excessive extracellular matrix deposition, molecular understanding of this phenotypic switch from the viewpoint of cell fate regulation is limited. Recent studies demonstrate the roles of...
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