Organ-, inflammation- and cancer specific transcriptional fingerprints of pancreatic and hepatic stellate cells
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tissue fibrosis is an integral component of chronic inflammatory (liver and pancreas) diseases and pancreatic cancer. Activated pancreatic- (PSC) and hepatic- (HSC) stellate cells play a key role in fibrogenesis. To identify organ- a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-04-01
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Series: | Molecular Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/9/1/88 |