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Following distortion and injury of LSECs by steatotic hepatocytes, macrophages infiltrate and adhere to the sinusoidal lining via VCAM-1. The persistence of this cascade likely results in progressive steatohepatitis and fibrosis. Ameliorating the precipitating endothelial cell dysfunction (possibly through VCAM-1) may remedy NASH-related fibrosis.
