[Hepatic steato-fibrosis and non-alcoholic liver disease in elderly].
The critical role of the hepatic stellate cells in pathogenesis and evolution of hepatic fibrosis is stressed. The authors, also, illustrate the most recent acquisitions about morphological and bioumoral aspects of complex sinusoidal-Disse space-stellate cells and their importance for the risk of evolution towards non-alcoholic liver disease.
Clinica Villa Maria Immacolata, Roma, Italy. angelo.mancinella@libero.it
Angelo
A
Mancinella
Mirta
M
Mancinella
Benedetta
B
Marigliano
Vincenzo
V
Marigliano
D000368:Aged; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D055166:Hepatic Stellate Cells; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease