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Medline ® Abstract for Reference 21

of 'Pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis'

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The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis - an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts.
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Gressner AM
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Cell Tissue Res. 1998;292(3):447.
 
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. gressner@rwth-aachen.de
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