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Liver fibrosis will be treated by a potential target

The hepatitis is either self recovery or its development into liver fibrosis or, further, liver cirrhosis. Since no ideal drug is available, liver fibrosis is currently considered to be a major worldwide health problem. A research conducted by by Dr. ZH Liu from Jilin University found that ARIP2 participates in the negative feedback regulation of signal transduction in the late stage by affecting the expression of ActRIIA, which further suggests that ARIP2 might be a potential target for treatment of liver fibrosis induced by activin.

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