Liver fibrosis

Liver damage leads to an inflammatory response and to the activation and proliferation of mesenchymal cell populations within the liver which remodel the extracellular matrix as part of an orchestrated wound-healing response. Chronic damage results in a progressive accumulation of scarring proteins...

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Published in:	Biochemical journal Vol. 411; no. 1; p. 1
Main Authors:	Wallace, Karen, Burt, Alastair D, Wright, Matthew C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01.04.2008
Subjects:	Animals Fibroblasts - pathology Hepatocytes - pathology Humans Inflammation - immunology Inflammation - pathology Kupffer Cells - pathology Liver Cirrhosis - etiology Liver Cirrhosis - pathology Wound Healing - immunology
ISSN:	1470-8728, 1470-8728
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