Marianna Gaça

Smads 2 and 3 Are Differentially Activated by Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) in Quiescent and Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells

Chenghai Liu, Marianna Gaça, E. Scott Swenson et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 184 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

A Role for Tryptase in the Activation of Human Mast Cells: Modulation of Histamine Release by Tryptase and Inhibitors of Tryptase

Shaoheng He, Marianna Gaça, Andrew F. Walls · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1998 · 151 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +16

Basement membrane-like matrix inhibits proliferation and collagen synthesis by activated rat hepatic stellate cells: evidence for matrix-dependent deactivation of stellate cells

Marianna Gaça, Xiaoying Zhou, Razao Issa et al. · Matrix Biology · 2003 · 143 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology +17

Increased expression of connective tissue growth factor in fibrotic human liver and in activated hepatic stellate cells

Elizabeth J. Williams, Marianna Gaça, David R. Brigstock et al. · Journal of Hepatology · 2000 · 141 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Pathology +15

Progelatinase A is produced and activated by rat hepatic stellate cells and promotes their proliferation

Christopher Benyon, Christopher Hovell, Marianna Gaça et al. · Hepatology · 1999 · 136 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +17