Effects of epidermal growth factor and dimethylhydrazine on crypt size, cell proliferation, and crypt fission in the rat colon: Cell proliferation and crypt fission are controlled independently

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 843-852

  Park, Hyun Sook ^a,b   Goodlad, Robert A ^b   Ahnen, Dennis J ^c   Winnett, Angela ^b   Sasieni, Peter ^b   Lee, Chung Y ^b   Wright, Nicholas A ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; MALE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COLON; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030884634     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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