Liver Fibrosis Will Be Treated By A Potential Target

The outcome of hepatitis is either self recovery or its development into liver fibrosis or, further, liver cirrhosis. Liver fibrosis is the early pathological process of cirrhosis, which is considered a reversible, wound-healing response. Since no ideal drug is available for its therapy, liver fibrosis is currently considered to be a major worldwide health problem.Previous studies have demonstrated that activin A is involved in hepatic fibrosis formation. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on October 20th, 2007