Background and Aims Although the majority of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) have only steatosis without progression, a sizeable fraction develop non-alcoholic …

This paper empirically investigates board meeting attendance and its effects on the
performance of Taiwanese listed corporations. Directors with higher qualifications attend …

Activation of the Hippo pathway effector Yap underlies many liver cancers, however no
germline or somatic mutations have been identified. Autophagy maintains essential …

Objective We used an informatics approach to identify and validate genes whose expression
is unique to hepatic stellate cells and assessed the prognostic capability of their expression …

Autophagy and the unfolded protein response (UPR) both promote activation of hepatic
stellate cells (HSC), however the link between the two stimuli remains unclear. Here we …

This paper investigates the conflict of interests between shareholders and debtholders by
examining the work effort of outside directors when a company experiences financial …

Abstract Since 2001, the China Securities Regulatory Commission has implemented a
series of policies to ensure that dividend payments constitute a prerequisite of equity …

Xbp1, a key mediator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), is activated by IRE1α-
mediated splicing, which results in a frameshift to encode a protein with transcriptional …

Objective To examine imatinib mesylate's effects on stellate cell responses in vivo and in
vitro. The hepatic stellate cell (HSC) is a key target of anti‐fibrotic therapies. Imatinib …

Globally many regulators adopted a rules-based approach to independent director
appointments stipulating 'independence'criteria. This paper investigates whether partitioning …