Establishment and Characterization of Rat Portal Myofibroblast Cell Lines

The major sources of scar-forming myofibroblasts during liver fibrosis are activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and portal fibroblasts (PF). In contrast to well-characterized HSC, PF remain understudied and poorly defined. This is largely due to the facts that isolation of rodent PF for functional...

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Main Authors: Fausther, Michel, Goree, Jessica R., Lavoie, Élise G., Graham, Alicia L., Sévigny, Jean, Dranoff, Jonathan A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378927/