Anti-fibrotic treatments for chronic liver diseases: The present and the future

Liver fibrosis reflects tissue scarring in the liver due to the accumulation of excessive extracellular matrix in response to chronically persistent liver injury. Hepatocyte cell death can trigger capillarization of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells, stimulation of immune cells including macrophage...

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Main Authors: Naoshi Odagiri, Tsutomu Matsubara, Misako Sato-Matsubara, Hideki Fujii, Masaru Enomoto, Norifumi Kawada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2021-07-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
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Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-2020-0187.pdf