Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology
26939449
A method for quantitation of collagen was established by detecting marker peptide with high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Theoretical marker peptides were selected by sequence comparison. Bovine collagen type I was di...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: This work aims to observe the effects of mast cell (MC) chymase on activation, proliferation and transdifferentiation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and to discuss the role of chymase in development of liver fibrosis.