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Phenotypes and ontogeny of senescent hepatic stellate cells in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 2024
Yashaswini Chittampalli N, Qin Tianyue, Bhattacharya Dipankar, Amor Corina, Lowe Scott, Lujambio Amaia, Wang Shuang, Friedman Scott L
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the key drivers of fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), the fastest growing cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. HSCs are heterogenous, and a senescent subset of HSCs is implicated in hepatic fibrosis and HCC. Administration of anti-uPAR (urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor) CAR T cells has been shown to...
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