MHC II-, but not MHC II+, hepatic Stellate cells contribute to liver fibrosis of mice in infection with Schistosoma japonicum

Zhou, CL; Kong, DL; Liu, JF; Lu, ZK; Guo, HF; Wang, W; Qiu, JF; Liu, XJ; Wang, Y

Wang, Y (reprint author), Nanjing Med Univ, Dept Pathogen Biol, Key Lab Pathogen Biol Jiangsu Prov, Nanjing 211166, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE, 2017; 1863 (7): 1848

Abstract

Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are considered as the main effector cells in vitamin A metabolism and liver fibrosis, as well as in hepatic immune regul......

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