Interleukin-6 induces proliferation of rat hepatocytes in vivo

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 941-947

  Ohira, Hiromasa ^a   Miyata, Masayuki ^a   Kuroda, Masahito ^a   Takagi, Tohru ^a   Tojo, Jun ^a   Ochiai, Hironobu ^a   Kokubun, Masae ^a   Nishimaki, Tomoe ^a   Kasukawa, Reiji ^a   Obara, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor; Interleukin 6; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030459046     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80300-X     Document Type: Article

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