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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Defenestration of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells: The Trigger of Liver Fibrosis.

Juntao Zhou, Jianqiao Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Chengliang Zhang, Cheng Tian

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Juntao ZhouDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Jianqiao WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Lijuan ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Chengliang ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9429-4764
Cheng TianDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4046-2288

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No.82474006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver fibrosis is a common pathological manifestation of various chronic liver diseases, distinguished by the excessive accumulation of the extracellular matrix. If unresolved, liver fibrosis can progress to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Fenestrae are important structures of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) regulating hepatic substance exchange, immune response and hemodynamics. The loss of this structure is usually accompanied by dysfunction of LSECs, which disrupts normal liver physiology by impairing hepatic substance exchange, compromising liver microcirculation, and activating hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). This cascade of events ultimately contributes to the onset and development of liver fibrosis. Oxidative stress, impairment of the NO signaling pathway, actin-myosin complex remodeling and pathological angiogenesis are considered to be the main mechanisms underlying LSEC defenestration. Recently, research on the treatment of LSEC defenestration has made notable progress, and findings suggest a potential value in the application of anti-fibrotic therapies. This article expounds the important correlation between defenestration of LSECs and liver fibrosis, while also reviews therapeutic agents and approaches targeting this pathological process.

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capillarizationfenestraeliver fibrosisliver sinusoidal endothelial cellsoxidative stresspathological angiogenesistherapeutic strategies

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PMID40573288
PMCPMC12196518

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