Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type ...

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Liver fibrosis is a major global health concern, developing as a result of chronic liver diseases (CLDs) such as viral ...

Schematic presentation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) located in the vicinity of adjacent hepatocytes (PC) beneath the sinusoidal endothelial cells (EC). S - liver sinusoids; KC - Kupffer cells.

The earliest changes in stellate cells are likely to result from paracrine stimulation by all neighboring cell types, including sinusoidal ... abundant cell type in liver, are a potent source ...