Hepatocyte growth factor levels in liver and serum increase during chemical hepatocarcinogenesis

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1282-1287

  Burr, Andrew W ^a   Hillan, Kenneth J ^b   McLaughlin, K Edward ^b   Ferrier, Rod ^b   Chapman, Claire ^a   Mathew, Joseph ^a   Burt, Alastair D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOSTASIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029961275     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008903411     Document Type: Article

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