Comparative Quantitative Analysis of Macrophage Populations Defined by CD68 and Carbohydrate Antigens in Normal and Pathologically Altered Human Liver Tissue

Liver macrophages, which are involved in the different types of hepatitis, may indirectly induce hepatic fibrogenesis, since they have the possibility to activate hepatic stellate cells and fibroblasts by secretion of TGF-β , TNF-α and IL-1. To evaluate variations of the number of liver macrophages...

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Main Authors: Stephan E. Baldus, Thomas K. Zirbes, Ion-Corin Weidner, Uta Flucke, Elke Dittmar, Juergen Thiele, Hans P. Dienes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1998-01-01
Series:Analytical Cellular Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/192975
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