作者: Marina Vilaseca , Sergi Guixé-Muntet , Anabel Fernández-Iglesias , Jordi Gracia-Sancho
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摘要: Portal hypertension represents one of the major clinical consequences chronic liver disease, having a deep impact on patients' prognosis and survival. Its pathophysiology defines pathological increase in intrahepatic vascular resistance as primary factor its development, being subsequently aggravated by paradoxical portal blood inflow. Although extensive preclinical research field has been developed recent decades, no effective treatment targeting mechanism defined. The present review critically summarizes current knowledge therapeutics, focusing those strategies driven disease underlying cellular mechanisms.