COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING LIVER FIBROSIS OR LIVER CIRRHOSIS, CONTAINING, AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing and/or treating liver fibrosis or liver cirrhosis, which contains, as an active ingredient, mesenchymal stem cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. In the present invention, it was confirmed that mesenchymal stem cells derived from human embryonic stem cells have a preventive effect against liver fibrosis. Thus, the mesenchymal stem cells derived from human embryonic stem cells can be effectively used as an active ingredient in a composition or functional health food for protecting the liver and preventing and treating liver fibrosis or liver cirrhosis.
