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Schematic illustrations of this study. Inhibition of mTOR activity with rapamycin results in a hyperactive PI3K-Akt pathway, whereas this activation inhibits the expression of CTGF in HPCs. In addition, rapamycin increased ROS generation and latent TGF-β activation which subsequently activated TGF-β-Smad2 signaling to promote CTGF expression.
