Antifibrogenic effect of a deletion variant of hepatocyte growth factor on liver fibrosis in rats

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 636-642

  Yasuda, Hisataka ^a   Imai, Eiichi ^a   Shiota, Akira ^a   Fujise, Nobuaki ^a   Morinaga, Tomonori ^a   Higashio, Kanji ^a  

^a SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROCOLLAGEN; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029817895     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008781336     Document Type: Article

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