Open AccessRole of the receptor for advanced glycation end products inhepatic fbrosis
Author(s) -
Christina Lohwasser,
Daniel Neureiter,
Yury Popov,
Michael Bauer,
Detlef Schuppan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5789
Subject(s) - rage (emotion) , hepatic stellate cell , glycation , downregulation and upregulation , hepatic fibrosis , signal transduction , endocrinology , medicine , receptor , chemistry , biology , fibrosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , neuroscience , gene
To study the role of advanced glycation end products (AGE) and their specific receptor (RAGE) in the pathogenesis of liver fibrogenesis.