Vitamin C Deficiency Attenuates Liver Fibrosis by Way of Up-Regulated Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma Expression in Senescence Marker Protein 30 Knockout Mice

Abstract

Vitamin C deficiency by SMP30 depletion attenuated liver fibrosis by way of up-regulated PPAR-gamma expression in SMP30 KO mice. Our results provide, for the first time, the possible mechanisms underlying inhibition of HSC activation associated with vitamin C and PPAR-gamma up-regulation in liver fibrosis of SMP30 KO mice.