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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Adil El Taghdouini
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-68001 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Fibrogenesis & tissue repair 20150806
<h4>Background</h4>Liver fibrosis is characterized by the excessive formation and accumulation of matrix proteins as a result of wound healing in the liver. A main event during fibrogenesis is the activation of the liver resident quiescent hepatic stellate cell (qHSC). Recent studies suggest that reversion of the activated HSC (aHSC) phenotype into a quiescent-like phenotype could be a major cellular mechanism underlying fibrosis regression in the liver, thereby offering new therapeutic perspect ...[more]