Deletion of Wntless in myeloid cells exacerbates liver fibrosis and the ductular reaction in chronic liver injury.

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Published in Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair on October 15, 2015

Authors

Katharine M Irvine1, Andrew D Clouston1, Victoria L Gadd1, Gregory C Miller1, Weng-Yew Wong1, Michelle Melino2, Muralidhara Rao Maradana3, Kelli MacDonald2, Richard A Lang4, Matthew J Sweet5, Antje Blumenthal3,6, Elizabeth E Powell1

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Liver Disease Research, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, 37 Kent St, Brisbane, 4102 Australia.
2: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
3: The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
4: Visual Systems Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA.
5: Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
6: Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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