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Hepatic fibrosis: It is time to go with hepatic stellate cell-specific therapeutic targets.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Jun 2018
Ezhilarasan Devaraj, Sokal Etienne, Najimi Mustapha
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Hepatic fibrosis is a pathological lesion, characterized by the progressive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the perisinusoidal space and it is a major problem in chronic liver diseases. Phenotypic activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) plays a central role in the progression of hepatic fibrosis. Retardation of proliferation and clearance of activated HSCs from the injured liver is an appropriate...
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