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Charlotte, F. et al.

Immunolocalization of heparin-binding growth factors (HBGF) types 1 and 2 in rat liver. Selective hyperexpression of HBGF-2 in carbon tetrachloride-induced fibrosis.

Ito cells play a major role in liver fibrosis but the mechanisms controlling their activation in vivo are poorly understood. Heparin-binding growth factors (HBGF) types 1 and 2 are mitogenic for cultured Ito cells. They have been found in liver extracts but their cellular localization is unknown. We have studied by immunohistochemistry HBGF-1 and -2 expression in normal rat liver and in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced fibrosis. In normal liver, HBGF-1 was present only in sinusoidal cells whereas HBGF-2 was also detected in endothelial cells lining major vessels. At the acute stage of CCl4 intoxication, HBGF-2 was expressed in centrilobular clusters of mononuclear phagocytes that were surrounded by many HBGF-2-negative Ito cells. In the later stages, HBGF-2 was expressed by Ito cells within the fibrous bands. No modulation of HBGF-1 expression was noted at any stage. These results suggest that (1) at the acute stage of CCl4 intoxication, HBGF-2 produced by mononuclear phagocytes could participate in the recruitment of Ito cells; and (2) during the CCl4-induced fibrotic process, HBGF-2 could contribute to Ito cell proliferation and the synthesis of fibrosis components. In this in vivo model of hepatic fibrosis, the hyperexpression of HBGF-2 is a relatively specific event since the expression of a structurally related molecule, HBGF-1 was not modulated.[1]

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Immunolocalization of heparin-binding growth factors (HBGF) types 1 and 2 in rat liver. Selective hyperexpression of HBGF-2 in carbon tetrachloride-induced fibrosis. Charlotte, F., Win, K.M., Preaux, A.M., Mavier, P., Dhumeaux, D., Zafrani, E.S., Rosenbaum, J. J. Pathol. (1993) [Pubmed]

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