Special Issue “Liver Fibrosis: Mechanisms, Targets, Assessment and Treatment”

Special Issue

Therapeutic targets in liver fibrosis.

Detailed analysis of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that mediate liver fibrosis has provided a framework for therapeutic approaches to prevent, slow down, or even reverse fibrosis and cirrhosis. A pivotal event in the development of liver fibrosis is the activation of quiescent hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) to scar-forming myofibroblast-like cells. Consequently, HSCs and the factors that...

MOD Special Issue on the Molecular Mechanisms of Liver and Pancreas Development

These are exciting times for liver and pancreas organogenesis. The intense interest in this area stems from the biomedical importance of these tissues and the many recent advances in the field. This special issue of Mechanisms of Development brings together diverse views of liver and pancreas development to help cross-fertilize different areas of research and to provide a broader outlook of the...

Web 2.0: Applications and Mechanisms J.UCS Special Issue

It comprises seven articles discussing Web 2.0 applications as well as technical mechanisms. The first three papers are concerned with Web 2.0 applications in different settings. The first paper is about the convergence of knowledge management and Enterprise 2.0 and describes the possibilities for an overarching exchange and transfer of knowledge on the basis of a case study at T-Systems Multim...

Special issue on negotiation and scheduling mechanisms for multiagent systems

Kwang Mong Sim, Minjie Zhang and Takayuki Ito aHong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Tel.: +1 852 3411 5818; Fax: +1 852 3411 7892; E-mail: prof sim [email protected] bUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia Tel.: +61 2 4221 4745; Fax: +61 2 4221 4700; E-mail: [email protected] cNagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan Tel.: +81 52 7...