title: Lessons from the study of cirrhosis and other fibrotic diseases of the liver.
abstract: The synopsis presented above attempts to outline what is currently known about the biology of connective tissue as it applied to the liver. Analogies to myelofibrosis should be apparent in almost every paragraph.
mesh_terms: D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002450:Cell Communication; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D003094:Collagen; D011392:Proline