As noted above, stellate cell activation is the central event in hepatic fibrosis. Activation consists of 2 major phases: (1) initiation (also called apreinflammatory stage) and (2) perpetuation ...

14 Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA The field of pancreatic stellate cell (PSC ...

Three lesions are created at each sacral level at ... This section discusses RFA of the stellate ganglion and lumbar sympathetic chain. Since thermal ablation of the celiac plexus is not feasible ...

Oral cancer is a highly malignant disease characterized by recurrence, metastasis, and poor prognosis. Autophagy, a catabolic process induced under stress conditions, has been shown to play a dual ...