In two independent studies of Collagen-α1(I)-green fluorescent protein (Col1a1GFP) mice with induced liver fibrosis, Fibulin 2, Thy-1 and elastin were overexpressed in cells considered as activated portal fibroblasts (Iwaisako et al., 2014; Lua et al., 2016). Here, THY1 is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.