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Role of TGF-β in the cell plasticity of hepatic stellate cells and macrophages during liver fibrosis. Different routes followed by TGF-β signals to mediate activation of HSC into MFB (left) or polarization of macrophages to a M2 state (right), which contribute to sustain a fibrotic and immunosuppressive environment, favorable to the initiation of a hepatocarcinogenic process.
