Loss of heat shock factor 1 promotes hepatic stellate cell activation and drives liver fibrosis
Asmita Choudhury, Anuradha Ratna, Arlene Lim, Rebecca M. Sebastian, Christopher L. Moore, Aveline A. Filliol, Jacob Bledsoe, Chengkai Dai, Robert F. Schwabe, Matthew D. Shoulders, Pranoti Mandrekar – 8 August 2022 – Liver fibrosis is an aberrant wound healing response that results from chronic injury and is mediated by hepatocellular death and activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). While induction of oxidative stress is well established in fibrotic livers, there is limited information on stress‐mediated mechanisms of HSC activation.