Hepatic stellate cell-expressed endosialin balances fibrogenesis and hepatocyte proliferation during liver damage

Liver fibrosis is a reversible wound-healing response to injury reflecting the critical balance between liver repair and scar formation. Chronic damage leads to progressive substitution of liver parenchyma by scar tissue and ultimately results in liver cirrhosis. Stromal cells (hepatic stellate cell...

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Main Authors: Mogler, Carolin, Wieland, Matthias, König, Courtney, Hu, Junhao, Runge, Anja, Korn, Claudia, Besemfelder, Eva, Breitkopf-Heinlein, Katja, Komljenovic, Dorde, Dooley, Steven, Schirmacher, Peter, Longerich, Thomas, Augustin, Hellmut G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364949/