Systemic infusion of angiotensin II exac
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Ramón Bataller; Erwin Gäbele; Christopher J. Parsons; Terry Morris; Liu Yang; Ro
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Recent evidence indicates that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a major role in liver fibrosis. Here, we investigate whether the circulatory RAS, which is frequently activated in patients with chronic liver disease, contributes to fibrosis progression. To test this hypothesis, we increased c