HGF and Hepatic fibrosis: To prove the antifibrotic effects of vitamin-A-liposomes comprising the pDsRed2-HGF plasmid, Narmada et al. (2013) conducted in vitro investigations using a cell culture of the rat stellate cell line HSC-T6 as well as a co-culture of HSC-T6 and hepatocytes, and additionally administered the liposome formulation to rats suffering from DMN-induced hepatic fibrosis.