Mesenchymal cells in the liver – one cell type or two?
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Liver International
- Vol. 22 (4) , 283-294
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0676.2002.01726.x
Abstract
The wall of the liver sinusoid is made of highly specialized cells, the hepatic stellate cells (HSC) which together with the sinusoidal endothelial cells represent a loose barrier to the c...Keywords
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