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. 2019 Apr 9;20(7):1745. doi: 10.3390/ijms20071745
NASH Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NAFLD Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HSCs Hepatic stellate cells
ECM Extracellular matrix
PDGF Platelet derived growth factor
TGF-β Transforming growth factors-β
ROS Reactive oxygen species
KCs Kupffer cells
DC Dendritic cells
TLR Toll-like receptor
NF Nuclear factor
SFA Saturated fatty acids
DAMPs Damage-endogenous-associated molecular patterns
PAMPs Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
DR Ductular reaction
HPCs Hepatic progenitor cells
DEN Diethylnitrosamine
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
DDR Discoidin domain receptor
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinases
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription
FAK focal adhesion kinase
JNK Jun N-terminal kinase
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
HIF-1 Hypoxia-inducible factor 1
TUFT1 Tuftelin1
Hh Hedgehog
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EGF Epidermal growth factor
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
EPM Epimorphin
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
TIMPs Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
NK Natural killer
Treg Regulatory T cells