2014
MCP‐1 downregulates MMP‐9 export via vesicular redistribution to lysosomes in rat portal fibroblasts
Hickman DA, Syal G, Fausther M, Lavoie EG, Goree JR, Storrie B, Dranoff JA. MCP‐1 downregulates MMP‐9 export via vesicular redistribution to lysosomes in rat portal fibroblasts. Physiological Reports 2014, 2: e12153. PMID: 25413315, PMCID: PMC4255798, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12153.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Secretion of MCP-1/CCL2 by bile duct epithelia induces myofibroblastic transdifferentiation of portal fibroblasts
Kruglov EA, Nathanson RA, Nguyen T, Dranoff JA. Secretion of MCP-1/CCL2 by bile duct epithelia induces myofibroblastic transdifferentiation of portal fibroblasts. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2005, 290: g765-g771. PMID: 16282363, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00308.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBile duct epitheliumHepatic stellate cellsPortal fibroblastsMCP-1Biliary fibrosisDuct epitheliumMyofibroblastic transdifferentiationMCP-1/CCL2Fibrogenic liver cellsChemoattractant protein-1Ectonucleotidase NTPDase2PF proliferationAlpha-SMA levelsReceptor CCR2Stellate cellsParacrine fashionFunctional receptorsInduces proliferationImportant mediatorMuscle expressionFibrosisLiver cellsProtein 1Procollagen productionRecent evidence