History, heterogeneity, developmental biology, and functions of quiescent hepatic stellate cells

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 311-335

  Geerts, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Extracellular matrix; Extrahepatic stellate cells; Fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells; Intercellular communication; Liver; Liver cancer; Portal hypertension; Sinusoidal blood flow; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINOIDS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0034808310     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17550     Document Type: Review

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