1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788294603321

Titolo

Stellate cells in health and disease / / edited by Chandrashekhar R. Gandhi, Massimo Pinzani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

612.35

Soggetti

Kupffer cells

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Stellate Cells in Health and Disease; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; What have we learned?; The outlook for anti-fibrotic treatment; References; Preface; 1 History and Early Work; 1.1 Discovery of Hepatic Stellate Cells; 1.2 HSCs and Vitamin A Homeostasis; 1.3 Morphological Characteristics of HSCs; 1.4 HSCs and Liver Fibrosis; 1.5 Isolation and Culture of HSCs; 1.6 Activation and Transdifferentiation of HSCs; 1.7 Markers for HSCs; 1.8 Perspective; References; 2 Hepatic Stellate Cell Culture Models; 2.1 Isolation of Hepatic Stellate Cells

2.2 Single Cell Culture2.3 In Vitro- Versus In Vivo-Activated HSCs; 2.4 Single Cell Culture and 2D: Importance of Adhesion, Arg-Gly-Asp, and Matrix Components; 2.5 HSC Co-Cultures with Kupffer Cells, Hepatocytes, LSEC, HCC, and CC Cells; 2.6 In Vitro 3D Culture Systems; 2.7 Conclusions; References; 3 Hepatic Fibrosis: A Global Clinical Problem; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Chronic Viral Hepatitis; 3.2.1 Alcohol-induced liver fibrosis; 3.3 NAFLD and NASH; 3.4 Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; 3.5 Etiology-Driven Liver Fibrosis; 3.5.1 Perspectives

References4 Stellate Cells and Hepatic Fibrosis; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Pathogenesis of Hepatic Fibrosis; 4.2.1 Pathological and clinical associations of hepatic fibrosis; 4.2.2 ECM composition and matrix homeostasis; 4.2.3 Cellular sources of ECM; 4.3 HSCs and Hepatic



Fibrosis; 4.3.1 Initiation; 4.3.2 Perpetuation; 4.3.2.1 Retinoid loss; 4.3.2.2 Fibrogenesis; 4.3.2.3 Matrix turnover; 4.3.2.4 Chemotaxis; 4.3.2.5 Proliferation; 4.3.2.6 Contractility; 4.3.2.7 Immunoregulation; 4.3.3 Regression; 4.3.3.1 Apoptosis; 4.3.3.2 Senescence; 4.3.3.3 Reversion to an inactivated phenotype

4.4 New and Emerging Pathways of HSC Activation4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Cytokine Production and Signaling in Stellate Cells; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; 5.3 Angiogenic Cytokines; 5.4 TGF-β Superfamily; 5.5 Chemokines; 5.6 Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily; 5.7 Interleukins and Interferons; 5.8 Adipokines and Other Cytokines Related to Metabolism; 5.9 Osteopontin; 5.10 Perspective; References; 6 Stellate Cells, Portal Myofibroblasts, and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Hepatic Stellate Cells

6.2.1 Contribution of HSCs to liver fibrosis6.2.1.1 HSCs/Myofibroblasts are the primary target of anti-fibrotic therapy; 6.2.1.2 Reversibility of liver fibrosis; 6.2.1.3 Inactivation of HSCs (iHSCs); 6.2.2 Other functions of HSCs; 6.2.2.1 Distinct functions of senescent HSCs; 6.2.2.2 HSC as regulatory bystanders; 6.2.2.3 HSCs as regulators of hepatocellular damage; 6.2.2.4 The role of HSCs in liver regeneration; 6.3 Portal Fibroblasts; 6.3.1 Characterization of PFs; 6.4 Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition; 6.5 Perspective; References; 7 Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Inhibitors

7.1 Introduction