Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 1, Issue 5, September 2015, Pages 477-488
ReviewAngiogenesis and Fibrogenesis in Chronic Liver Diseases
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Keywords
Hypoxia
Liver Angiogenesis
Liver Fibrogenesis
Myofibroblasts
Abbreviations used in this paper
Akt
protein kinase B
Ang-1
angiopoietin-1
ANGPTL3
angiopoietin-like-3 peptide
CCL2
chemokine ligand 2
CCR
chemokine receptor
CLD
chronic liver disease
eNOS
endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ET-1
endothelin 1
HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma
Hh
Hedgehog
HIF
hypoxia-inducible factor
HSC
hepatic stellate cell
HSC/MFs
myofibroblast-like cells from activated hepatic stellate cells
LSEC
liver sinusoidal endothelial cell
MF
myofibroblast
MP
microparticle
NAFLD
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NO
nitric oxide
PDGF
platelet-derived growth factor
ROS
reactive oxygen species
α-SMA
α-smooth muscle actin
VEGF
vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGF-R2
vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 2
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