Hepatic fibrogenesis requires sympathetic neurotransmitters
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Hepatic fibrogenesis requires sympathetic neurotransmitters.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are activated by liver injury to become proliferative fibrogenic myofibroblasts. This process may be regulated by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) but the mechanisms involved are unclear. METHODS We studied cultured HSC and intact mice with liver injury to test the hypothesis that HSC respond to and produce SNS neurotransmitters to promote ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.026658