Interferon gamma decreases hepatic stellate cell activation and extracellular matrix deposition in rat liver fibrosis

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1189-1199

  Baroni, Gianluca Svegliati ^a   D'Ambrosio, Letizia ^a   Curto, Pierina ^a   Casini, Alessandro ^b   Mancini, Raniero ^a   Jezequel, Anne Marie ^a   Benedetti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0029887586     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008621153     Document Type: Article

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