Inhibition of myofibroblastic transformation of cultured rat hepatic stellate cells by methylxanthines and dibutyryl cAMP

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1022-1029

  Kawada, Norifumi ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Kobayashi, Kenzo ^a   Inoue, Masayasu ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 isobutyl 1 methylxanthine; cAMP; myofibroblastic cells; stellate cell; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BUCLADESINE; CAFFEINE; CYCLIC AMP; HYPOXANTHINE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0029892219     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02091547     Document Type: Article

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