Pan-caspase inhibitor VX-166 reduces fibrosis in an animal model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

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Published in Hepatology on November 01, 2009

Authors

Rafal P Witek1, W Carl Stone, F Gamze Karaca, Wing-Kin Syn, Thiago A Pereira, Kolade M Agboola, Alessia Omenetti, Youngmi Jung, Vanessa Teaberry, Steve S Choi, Cynthia D Guy, John Pollard, Peter Charlton, Anna Mae Diehl

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

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