title: [Advances of mechanism research on treatment of experimental liver fibrosis with traditional Chinese medicine].
abstract: The paper reviewed and analyzed the literature in the past five years about the function of the cells and mediums in the liver, and the influence and mechanism of traditional Chinese drug therapy on experimental liver fibrosis. It reveals that the traditional Chinese drug therapy treats experimental liver fibrosis through lots of mechanisms. The author gives also some suggestions on the further research into liver fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of liver diseases, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lie-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008106:Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012333:RNA, Messenger