title: The cell biology of liver fibrogenesis - an imbalance of proliferation, growth arrest and apoptosis of myofibroblasts.
abstract: Fibrosis following liver damage and factors influencing this process are discussed with special reference to hepatic stellate cells and their transformation to myo- fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie - Zentrallaboratorium, RWTH Universitätsklinikum, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany. gressner@rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gressner
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000473:pathology*