Backwound eh Aims: Hepatic stellate cells play an important role in liver fibrogenesis, and hepatic stellate cell death may be involved in the termination of this response. Methods: Molecular mechanisms of hepatic stellate cell killing were studied in hepatic stellate cell/Kupffer cell cocultures. R
Molecular mechanism of hepatic stellate cell activation and antifibrotic therapeutic strategies
β Scribed by Jing-Ting Li; Zhang-Xiu Liao; Jie Ping; Dan Xu; Hui Wang
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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