Glial fibrillary acidic protein - a cell type specific marker for Ito cells in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 719-730

  Neubauer, Katrin ^a   Knittel, Thomas ^a   Aurisch, Sabine ^a   Fellmer, Peter ^a   Ramadori, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrogenesis; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Ito cells (FSC, lipocytes, perisinusoidal cells, hepatic stellate cells); Marker protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FIBROGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030157557     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80269-8     Document Type: Article

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