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Wnt5a Induces Endothelial Inflammation via  -Catenin-Independent Signaling

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Modulation of Hepatic Fibrosis by c-Jun-N-Terminal Kinase Inhibition

(2009) Johannes Kluwe et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Sfrp5 coordinates foregut specification and morphogenesis by antagonizing both canonical and noncanonical Wnt11 signaling

(2008) Y. Li et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Sfrp1, Sfrp2, and Sfrp5 regulate the Wnt/β-catenin and the planar cell polarity pathways during early trunk formation in mouse

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

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