Cellular cross-talk between liver progenitor cells and hepatic stellate cells is required for hepatic fibrogenesis

Deloitte Access Economics的数据显示，2012年澳大利亚因肝病造成的总经济负担为500亿美元。这项研究将确定肝脏是如何通过诱导肝细胞群相互作用来再生慢性肝病中受损的肝组织来自我修复的。这一知识可能会导致开发新的治疗措施来治疗肝疤痕和肝癌，并帮助慢性肝病后正常的肝脏再生。

Deloitte Access Economics data proposes the total economic burden of liver disease in Australia in 2012 was >$50 billion. This study will identify how the liver heals itself by inducing liver cell populations which interact to regenerate damaged liver tissue in chronic liver disease. This knowledge may lead to the development of novel therapeutic interventions for the treatment of liver scarring and liver cancer, and to assist in normal liver regeneration following chronic liver disease.