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In advanced liver fibrosis, activated HSCs generally produce a large amount of TGF-β that might suppress NK cell anti-fibrotic functions, such as degranulation, IFN-γ production and killing activity against HSCs. The HSCs might then internalize these functionally impaired NK cells in an emperipolesis-dependent manner, thus promoting the progression of liver fibrosis.
