Salvia Miltiorrhiza Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis by Activating Hepatic Natural Killer Cells in Vivo and in Vitro

• Main Authors: Yuan Peng (Author), Tao Yang (Author), Kai Huang (Author), Li Shen (Author), Yanyan Tao (Author), Chenghai Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Natural killer (NK) cells are known for their ability to kill activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), which has been confirmed both in patients and animal models. But the killing function is depressed in period of advanced liver injury. Salvia Miltiorrhiza (SM), a Chinese herbal medicine for invigo...