Background: Liver fibrosis is the common sequel of chronic liver diseases. Recent studies have identified hepatic stellate cells as the primary cell type mediating hepatic fibrogenesis. It has been demonstrated that hepatic stellate cells undergo a process of activation during the development of liv
Effect of natural interferon α on proliferation and apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells
✍ Scribed by Tomohiro Ogawa; Norifumi Kawada; Kazuo Ikeda
- Book ID
- 107593825
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 478 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1936-0533
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