[Does the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition exist in liver fibrosis?].
2012
Xiao-fei Tong, and
Ai-ting Yang, and
Ping Wang, and
Hong You
Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
UI
MeSH Term
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D008103
Liver Cirrhosis
Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D058750
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Phenotypic changes of EPITHELIAL CELLS to MESENCHYME type, which increase cell mobility critical in many developmental processes such as NEURAL TUBE development. NEOPLASM METASTASIS and DISEASE PROGRESSION may also induce this transition.