Marcos Rojkind, MD, PhD

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Elected 1979
Role of hepatic stellate cells in alcohol-dependent liver fibrosis. We are analyzing molecular mechanisms leading to the differentiation of the hepatic stellate cells and those involver in acetaldehyde-mediated up-regulation of the type I collagen genes. Role of the PDGF-beta receptor in hepatic stellate cell differentiation. Hepatocyte matrix interactions and the alterations occurring during carcinogenesis.