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Bone morphogenetic protein-7 represses hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis via regulation of TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway
Gao-Liang Zou, Shi Zuo, Shuang Lu, Rui-Han Hu, Yin-Ying Lu, Jing Yang, Kai-Sheng Deng, Ye-Ting Wu, Mao Mu, Juan-Juan Zhu, Jing-Zhang Zeng, Bao-Fang Zhang, Xian Wu, Xue-Ke Zhao, Hai-Yang Li
Gao-Liang Zou, Shuang Lu, Rui-Han Hu, Jing Yang, Kai-Sheng Deng, Ye-Ting Wu, Mao Mu, Juan-Juan Zhu, Jing-Zhang Zeng, Bao-Fang Zhang, Xian Wu, Xue-Ke Zhao, Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, Guizhou Province, China
Shi Zuo, Hai-Yang Li, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, Guizhou Province, China
Yin-Ying Lu, Comprehensive Liver Cancer Center, 302 Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
Author contributions: Zhao XK and Li HY designed the study; Zou GL, Zuo S, and Lu S carried out most of the experiments and wrote the article; all authors contributed to the design and interpretation of the study; Zou GL, Zuo S, and Lu S contributed equally to this work.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81560104 and No. 81860115.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest related to this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
ARRIVE guidelines statement: The authors have read the ARRIVE guidelines and prepared the manuscript accordingly.
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Corresponding author: Xue-Ke Zhao, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, No. 28, Guiyi Road, Guiyang 550004, Guizhou Province, China.
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Received: April 16, 2019
Peer-review started: April 16, 2019
First decision: June 10, 2019
Revised: June 25, 2019
Accepted: July 5, 2019
Article in press: July 5, 2019
Published online: August 14, 2019
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