Hepatic fibrosis is a significant health problem worldwide for which no effective therapy exists. Hepatic stellate cell (HSC) plays a critical role in the live fibrosis. HSC has dominated studies which are about mechanisms of liver fibrosis over the last two decades. Following hepatic injury, HSC becomes activated, proliferate and produce extracellular matrix (ECM), of which type I collagen predominates. Initiating events in stellate cell activation occurs on a background of progressive changes which is in ...