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Smooth Muscle α Actin (Acta2) and Myofibroblast Function during Hepatic Wound Healing

Smooth muscle α actin (Acta2) expression is largely restricted to smooth muscle cells, pericytes and specialized fibroblasts, known as myofibroblasts. Liver injury, associated with cirrhosis, induces transformation of resident hepatic stellate cells into liver specific myofibroblasts, also known as...

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Autores principales: Rockey, Don C., Weymouth, Nate, Shi, Zengdun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077166