Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type ...

Their pathogenesis is a consequence of hyperproliferation, hypersecretion and microRNA alterations in cholangiocytes. Here we evaluate the role of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) in the hepatic ...

2Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 4Department of Surgery, ...