Novel fate-tracing strategies show that hepatic stellate cells mediate fibrosis in vivo

Gastroenterology. 2014 Jun;146(7):1823-5. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.04.010. Epub 2014 Apr 21.

Authors

Shuang Liang¹, Zhenyu Zhong², Ekihiro Seki¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.

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Animals
Female
Hepatic Stellate Cells / physiology*
Liver Cirrhosis / etiology*
Male
Myofibroblasts / physiology*

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