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Liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) result from the majority of chronic liver insults and represent a common and difficult clinical challenge of worldwide importance.More detailed understanding of the specific mechanisms governing liver fibrosis and HCC development is still needed.Here, increased S100A4 expression was found in both mouse and human fibrotic liver, which positively correlated with HSC activation and production of extracellular matrix.