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An immortalized rat pancreatic stellate cell line RP-2 as a new cell model for evaluating pancreatic fibrosis, inflammation and immunity.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Dec 2015
Piao Rong-Li, Xiu Ming, Brigstock David R, Gao Run-Ping
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BACKGROUND: Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic fibrosis and have emerging functions as progenitor cells, immune cells or intermediaries in pancreatic exocrine secretion. Increasing evidence has shown that desmin as an exclusive cytoskeleton marker of PSC is only expressed in part of these cells. This study was to establish a desmin-positive PSC cell line and...
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