A high-cholesterol diet exacerbates liver fibrosis in mice via accumulation of free cholesterol in hepatic stellate cells

Toshiaki Teratani, Kengo Tomita, Takahiro Suzuki, Tetsuya Oshikawa, Hirokazu Yokoyama, Katsuyoshi Shimamura, Susumu Tominaga, Sadayuki Hiroi, Rie Irie, Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie Kurihara, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Hidetsugu Saito, Ryota Hokari, Kazuo Sugiyama, Takanori Kanai, Soichiro Miura, Toshifumi Hibi