Comparative Quantitative Analysis of Macrophage Populations Defined by CD68 and Carbohydrate Antigens in Normal and Pathologically Altered Human Liver Tissue
Liver macrophages, which are involved in the different types of hepatitis, may indirectly induce hepatic fibrogenesis, since they have the possibility to activate hepatic stellate cells and fibroblasts by secretion of TGF-β , TNF-α and IL-1. To evaluate variations of the number of liver macrophages...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1998-01-01
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| Series: | Analytical Cellular Pathology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/192975 |