Statins, Rho GTPases and KLF2: new mechanistic insight into liver fibrosis and portal hypertension

Gut. 2015 Sep;64(9):1349-50. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308800. Epub 2015 Jan 16.

Authors

Jonel Trebicka¹, Robert Schierwagen¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

PMID: 25596180
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308800

No abstract available

Keywords: FIBROSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Hepatic Stellate Cells / metabolism*
Humans
Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / genetics*
Liver Cirrhosis / drug therapy*
Liver Cirrhosis / genetics*
Male
Simvastatin / pharmacology*

Substances

Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
Simvastatin