Complement C4 Protein Expression by Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2601-2609

  Fimmel, Claus J ^a,b   Brown, Kyle E ^a,b   O'Neill, Rosemary ^a   Kladney, Raleigh D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; GAMMA INTERFERON; IRON; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEMENT C4; DENDRITIC CELLS; INTERFERON TYPE II; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030587173     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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