Role of partial hepatectomy on Capillaria hepatica-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats Papel da hepatectomia parcial sobre a fibrose septal do fígado induzida pela Capillaria hepatica em ratos

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Carolina Cincurá Silva Santos, Záira Onofre-Nunes, Zilton Araujo Andrade
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Hepatotectomia; Fibrose; Capillaria hepatica; Hepatectomy; Fibrosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Avalia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000500001; https://doaj.org/article/ee2e4a9b4e4947f38fd66cbdacc5450f

It is known that hepatic fibrosis may regress following partial hepatectomy, since the hepatic parenchyma regenerates very rapidly, but not the excess of fibrous tissue. The present study evaluated this hypothesis by observing the behavior of systematized septal fibrosis induced by either 30 or 90-d...