Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 1 , Pages 138-146 , January 2005

Suppression of macrophage infiltration inhibits activation of hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrogenesis in rats

  • Michio Imamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathophysiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
    • Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Tadashi Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathophysiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Sasaguri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
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  • Kazuaki Chayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Hikaru Ueno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathophysiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Hikaru Ueno, MD, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathophysiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Iseigaoka 1-1, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan. fax: (81) 93-692-2777.

Received 23 June 2003 ,Accepted 30 September 2004.

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 Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan and by grants from the Takeda Medical Research Foundation (Osaka, Japan), the Sankyo Life Science Foundation (Tokyo, Japan), the Ono Medical Foundation (Osaka, Japan), and the Uehara Memorial Foundation (Tokyo, Japan).

PII: S0016-5085(04)01922-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.10.005

Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 1 , Pages 138-146 , January 2005

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