Regulation of cytokine production in carcinoembryonic antigen stimulated Kupffer cells by β-2 adrenergic receptors: implications for hepatic metastasis

Stimulation of hepatic lipocyte collagen

Stimulation of hepatic lipocyte collagen production by Kupffer cell-derived transforming growth factor β: Implication for a pathogenetic role in alcoholic liver fibrogenesis

✍ Masaki Matsuoka; Hidekazu Tsukamoto 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 820 KB

Transforming growth factor f3 has a specific stimulatory effect on collagen formation by hepatic lipocytes, a cell type believed to be a major source of extracellular matrices in the liver. Because monocytes and macrophages are the known sources of transforming growth factor p, Kupffer cells-residen