Prolonged decrease in hepatic connexin32 in chronic liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 529-537

  Nakata, Yutaka ^a   Iwai, Masaru ^a   Kimura, Shigeru ^a   Shimazu, Takashi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Carbon tetrachloride; Chronic liver injury; Connexin32; Connexin32 mRNA; Gap junctions; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030273483     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80213-3     Document Type: Article

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