Enhancement of liver cell gap junction protein expression by glucocorticoids

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1807-1813

  Ren, Ping ^a   De Feijter, Adriaan W ^a,b   Paul, David L ^a,c   Ruch, Randall J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Meridian Instruments Inc   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH REGULATION; HEPATOMA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0028141742     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/15.9.1807     Document Type: Article

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