Pleiotrophin inhibits transforming growt
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Tae Jun Park; Bo Ra Jeong; Chise Tateno; Hong Seok Kim; Tomohiro Ogawa; In Kyoun
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a hepatocyte growth factor and considered to play roles in liver fibrogenesis and hepatocarcinogenesis. In this study we examined the mechanism of the action of PTN in these pathological processes. First, we confirmed that hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and Kupffer