Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in chronic liver disease: Fibrogenesis or escape from death?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Pinzani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholangiocyte; EMT; Hepatic stellate cell; Hepatocyte; Liver fibrosis; MET; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DISCOIDIN DOMAIN RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE 2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER DISEASES; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960465979     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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