Modulation of perisinusoidal cell cytoskeletal features during experimental hepatic fibrosis

Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology

Volumn 422, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 99-107

  Schmitt Gräff, Annette ^a   Chakroun, Graziella ^a   Gabbiani, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin isoforms; Carbon tetrachloride; Desmin; Liver disease; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ALPHA ACTIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DESMIN; FAT DROPLET; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; MICROFILAMENT; MODULATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCAR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE INJURY;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027415940     PISSN: 01747398     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01607161     Document Type: Article

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