The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis – an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts (original) (raw)
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Abstract
Fibrosis following liver damage and factors influencing this process are discussed with special reference to hepatic stellate cells and their transformation to myo- fibroblasts.
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- Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie – Zentrallaboratorium, RWTH Universitätsklinikum, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany Tel.: +49–241–8088-678 or 679; Fax: +49–241–8888–512; e-mail: gressner@rwth-aachen.de, , , , , , DE
Axel M. Gressner
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Received: 24 October 1997 / Accepted: 11 December 1997
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Gressner, A. The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis – an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts.Cell Tissue Res 292, 447–452 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410051073
- Issue date: May 1998
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410051073