Figure 6.
Scheme depicting the pathways activated by PTHrP, which induce the release of cytokines and chemokines and the deposition of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Activation of the stellate cells exacerbates the inflammatory and fibrogenic responses that accompany acute pancreatitis (AP), whose repeated episodes (RAP) may eventually lead to chronic pancreatitis (CP). Reprinted from [75].