Macrophage Depletion Attenuates Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Ductular Reaction in a Mouse Model of Chronic Cholangiopathies

• Jan Best ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Best, Stefaan Verhulst, Laurent Dollé, Leo A. van Grunsven

  Affiliations Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Stefaan Verhulst ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Best, Stefaan Verhulst, Laurent Dollé, Leo A. van Grunsven

  Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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• Wing-Kin Syn,

  Affiliations Foundation for Liver Research, The Institute of Hepatology, London, United Kingdom, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Section of Gastroenterology, Ralph H Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Kimberly Lagaisse,

  Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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• Noemi van Hul,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussel, Belgium

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• Femke Heindryckx,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Jan-Peter Sowa,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Liesbeth Peeters,

  Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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• Hans Van Vlierberghe,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Isabelle A. Leclercq,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussel, Belgium

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• Ali Canbay,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Laurent Dollé ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Best, Stefaan Verhulst, Laurent Dollé, Leo A. van Grunsven

  Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

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• Leo A. van Grunsven

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Best, Stefaan Verhulst, Laurent Dollé, Leo A. van Grunsven

  * E-mail: lvgrunsv@vub.ac.be

  Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0990-7034

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