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The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis – an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts

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Fibrosis following liver damage and factors influencing this process are discussed with special reference to hepatic stellate cells and their transformation to myo- fibroblasts.

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Received: 24 October 1997 / Accepted: 11 December 1997

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Gressner, A. The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis – an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts. Cell Tissue Res 292, 447–452 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410051073

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