Liver Fibrosis: Mechanistic Concepts and Therapeutic Perspectives

Liver fibrosis due to viral or metabolic chronic liver diseases is a major challenge of global health. Correlating with liver disease progression, fibrosis is a key factor for liver disease outcome and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite different mechanism of primary liver injury and di...

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Published in:	Cells
Main Authors:	Natascha Roehlen, Emilie Crouchet, Thomas F. Baumert
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Subjects:	Hepatic stellate cell liver myofibroblast Kupffer cell liver cirrhosis anti-fibrotics TGF-β
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/4/875