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SECs (Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells), Liver Microenvironment, and Fibrosis.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2017
Natarajan Vaishaali, Harris Edward N, Kidambi Srivatsan
Abstract excerpt
Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response to chronic liver injury such as alcoholic/nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and viral hepatitis with no FDA-approved treatments. Liver fibrosis results in a continual accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and paves the way for replacement of parenchyma with nonfunctional scar tissue. The fibrotic condition results in drastic changes in the local mechanical,...
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