Cell-matrix interactions in Schistosomal portal fibrosis: a dynamic event
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 82 (supl.4), 1987
In recent years, one of the most significant progress in the understanding of liver diseases was the demonstration that liver fibrosis is a dynamic process resulting from a balance between synthesis and degradation of several matrix components, collagen in particular. Thus, fibrosis has been found to be ...