Neuropilin-1 promotes cirrhosis of the rodent and human liver by enhancing PDGF/TGF-beta signaling in hepatic stellate cells.

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Published in J Clin Invest on June 23, 2010

Authors

Sheng Cao1, Usman Yaqoob, Amitava Das, Uday Shergill, Kumaravelu Jagavelu, Robert C Huebert, Chittaranjan Routray, Soha Abdelmoneim, Meher Vasdev, Edward Leof, Michael Charlton, Ryan J Watts, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Vijay H Shah

Author Affiliations

1: Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. sheng@mayo.edu

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