Hepatic Stellate Cells: Protean, Multifunctional, and Enigmatic Cells of the Liver

• Published in: Physiological reviews Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 125 - 172
• Main Author: Friedman, Scott L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Am Physiological Soc 01.01.2008; American Physiological Society
• Subjects: Animals; Cells; Genotype & phenotype; Hemostasis - physiology; Humans; Liver; Liver - cytology; Liver - injuries; Liver - physiology; Liver Cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Liver Diseases - pathology; Liver Diseases - physiopathology; Neurons; Phenotype; Proteins

Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York The hepatic stellate cell has surprised and engaged physiologists, pathologists, and hepatologists for over 130 years, yet clear evidence of its role in hepatic injury and fibrosis only emerged following the refinement of...