Hedgehog pathway activation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions during myofibroblastic transformation of rat hepatic cells in culture and cirrhosis.

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Published in Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol on October 08, 2009

Authors

Steve S Choi1, Alessia Omenetti, Rafal P Witek, Cynthia A Moylan, Wing-Kin Syn, Youngmi Jung, Liu Yang, Debra L Sudan, Jason K Sicklick, Gregory A Michelotti, Marcos Rojkind, Anna Mae Diehl

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1: Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

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