Immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the complex interface between inflammation, fibrosis, and the immune response. [PDF]
, 2019 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and confers a poor prognosis. Beyond standard systemic therapy with multikinase inhibitors, recent studies demonstrate the potential for robust and durable responses ...
Fong, Lawrence +2 more
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Storage of vitamin A in extrahepatic stellate cells in normal rats
Journal of Lipid Research, 1997 In mammals, vitamin A is primarily stored as retinyl esters in hepatic stellate cells under normal dietary intake of the vitamin. Previously, extrahepatic vitamin A-storing stellate cells have only been identified in animals maintained on a vitamin A ...
N E Nagy +6 more
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CD4+T cells and natural killer cells: Biomarkers for hepatic fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C viruscoinfected patients [PDF]
, 2017 To characterize peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cells phenotypes by flow cytometry as potential biomarker of liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients.
Cahn, Pedro +8 more
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Toll-Like Receptor Signaling and Liver Fibrosis
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2010 Liver fibrosis occurs as a wound-healing scar response following acute and chronic liver inflammation including alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatitis B and C, and autoimmune hepatitis.
Tomonori Aoyama +2 more
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Hepatic Stellate Cell Regulation of Liver Regeneration and Repair
Hepatology Communications, 2020 The hepatic mesenchyme has been studied extensively in the context of liver fibrosis; however, much less is known regarding the role of mesenchymal cells during liver regeneration. As our knowledge of the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving hepatic
L. Kitto, N. Henderson
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Intestinal fungi contribute to development of alcoholic liver disease [PDF]
, 2017 This study was supported in part by NIH grants R01 AA020703, U01 AA021856 and by Award Number I01BX002213 from the Biomedical Laboratory Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development (to B.S.). K.H.
Ali Keshavarzian +37 more
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Genetic Characterization of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cell Line PAV-1
Cells, 2023 The rat hepatic stellate cell line PAV-1 was established two decades ago and proposed as a cellular model to study aspects of hepatic retinoic acid metabolism.
Kiara Gäberlein +9 more
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Heparanase and macrophage interplay in the onset of liver fibrosis [PDF]
, 2017 The heparan sulfate endoglycosidase heparanase (HPSE) is involved in tumor growth, chronic inflammation and fibrosis. Since a role for HPSE in chronic liver disease has not been demonstrated to date, the current study was aimed at investigating the ...
Crescenzi, Marika +5 more
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BMC Cell Biology, 2000 Background The hepatic stellate cell is the primary cell type responsible for the excessive formation and deposition of connective tissue elements during the development of hepatic fibrosis in chronically injured liver.
Kunz Dagmar +5 more
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Microenvironment and tumor cells: two targets for new molecular therapies of hepatocellular carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2018 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is one of the most frequent human cancer and is characterized by a high mortality rate. The aggressiveness appears strictly related to the liver pathological background on which cancer develops.
Amicone, Laura, Marchetti, Alessandra
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