The hepatic fibrosis has been the most challenging aspect in the animal models for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Although it could induced by nutritional (high-fat died with high cholesterol, methionine and choline deficient diet, etc), chemical (carbon tetrachloride, thioacetamide, α-naphthylisothiocyanate etc.), and surgical (bile duct ligation) means, the clinical relevance of the resulting fibrosis remains an …Read More >