Glial fibrillary acidic protein as a marker of perisinusoidal stellate cells that can distinguish between the normal and myofibroblast-like phenotypes

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-73

  Buniatian, Gayane ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^b   Gebhardt, Rolf ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desmin; Hepatocyte culture; Ito cells; Smooth muscle alpha actin; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER CELL; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0030469014     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)89838-3     Document Type: Article

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