TGFB1 and Hepatic fibrosis: It has been reported that HuR mRNA levels increase in activated HSCs isolated from livers of BDL mice, contributing to the profibrogenic action of TGF-β (Woodhoo et al., 2012), and recently has been shown that HuR mediates motility of human BMSCs triggered by S1P in liver fibrosis (Chang et al., 2017).