Artemisia absinthium attenuates hepatic fibrosis in mice by suppressing hepatic stellate cells activation and modulating inflammatory chemokine signaling

Cell Biochem Biophys. 2026 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s12013-026-02051-x. Online ahead of print.

¹ School of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab , Quaid-i-Azam Campus, 54590, Lahore, Pakistan.
² School of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab , Quaid-i-Azam Campus, 54590, Lahore, Pakistan. iram.ibb@pu.edu.pk.
³ Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan. abrar.pharmacy@pu.edu.pk.
⁴ School of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.

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Keywords: Artemisia absinthium; HSCs; Hepatic fibrosis; Kupffer cells; PDGF-D; TGF- β; chemokines; cytokines; monocytes.