Hepatic Stellate Cell–Targeted Delivery of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Transgene via Bile Duct Infusion Enhances Its Expression at Fibrotic Foci to Regress Dimethylnitrosamine-Induced Liver Fibrosis

HGF regulates the activation of TGF-β1 in rat hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells

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Anti-fibrotic therapy: Lost in translation?

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Therapeutic targets in liver fibrosis

(2011) Jonathan A. Fallowfield   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Hepatic stellate cells require a stiff environment for myofibroblastic differentiation

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Targeted therapy of liver fibrosis/cirrhosis and its complications

(2011) Klaas Poelstra et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Stimulating healthy tissue regeneration by targeting the 5-HT2B receptor in chronic liver disease

(2011) Mohammad R Ebrahimkhani et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Fixation methods for electron microscopy of human and other liver

(2010) Eddie Wisse   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The treatment of liver fibrosis induced by hepatocyte growth factor-directed, ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction in rats

(2009) Zhao-Xia Wang et al.   CLINICAL IMAGING

Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling in hepatic stellate cells blocks the progression of hepatic fibrosis

(2009) Gakuhei Son et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Fibro-C-Index: comprehensive, morphology-based quantification of liver fibrosis using second harmonic generation and two-photon microscopy

(2009) Dean C. S. Tai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

HGF suppresses the production of collagen type III and α-SMA induced by TGF-β1 in healing fibroblasts

(2008) Dapeng Jiang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Hepatocyte growth factor gene transfer with naked plasmid DNA ameliorates dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver fibrosis in rats

(2008) Hironari Kanemura et al.   HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH

Resolution of liver cirrhosis using vitamin A–coupled liposomes to deliver siRNA against a collagen-specific chaperone

(2008) Yasushi Sato et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY