Does in Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis , asymptomatic microfilaraemia progress to amicrofilaraemic lymphatic disease?
Microfilaraemia does not represent a precondition to development of clinical disease (except male genital involvement).
Our study suggests that miR-122 may play an important role in negatively regulating collagen production in HSCs and that targeted expression of miR-122 in HSCs may represent a new strategy for the treatment of liver fibrosis.