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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2008 Nov;48(5):1497–1505. doi: 10.1002/hep.22515

Figure 8. Mechanisms of leptin-induced phagocytosis in HSC.

Figure 8

Leptin induces Rac1 GTP-ase activity via the PI3 kinase with the involvement of NADPH oxidase. In addition, activation of RhoA GTP-ase via JAK also occurs, and this results in translocation of RhoA to the phagosome, and activation of ROCK.