Localization and cellular sources of activins in normal and fibrotic rat liver

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 905-912

  De Bleser, Pieter J ^a   Niki, Toshiro ^a   Xu, Guoxiong ^b   Rogiers, Vera ^a   Geerts, Albert ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DESMIN; DNA; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DNA REPLICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

EID: 0030775569     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260416     Document Type: Article

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