liver fibrosis

[Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology] The authors summarize the diverse roles of Hippo signaling in liver biology and highlight areas where outstanding questions remain to be investigated.

[Acta Pharmacologica Sinica] Researchers investigated whether tetramethylpyrazine exerted liver-protective action through regulating extracellular vesicle-dependent intercellular communication between hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells.

[American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology] Investigators revealed a continuous signaling pathway, MAPK p38-Ulk1 phosphorylation-Ulk1/Atg13 disruption, which inhibited autophagy and induced IL-1β expression in hepatic stellate cells.

[PLoS One] Activated hepatic stellate cell cell lines were used to evaluate the effects of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and entecavir. After treatment with each antiviral agent, cell viability, morphology, apoptotic features, autophagy and antifibrosis signaling pathways were examined.

[Laboratory Investigation] Investigators elucidated the role of miR-200c in cholestasis-induced biliary liver fibrosis and cholangiocyte activation, identifying sestrin 1 (SESN1) as a target of miR-200c.

[Cell Death & Disease] Scientists demonstrated that stiffness contributed to mechanosignal transduction in hepatic stellate cells, which promoted hepatocellular carcinoma cells growth and metastasis through secretion of FGF2.