Gap junctions and growth control in liver regeneration and in isolated rat hepatocytes

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 847-855

  Fladmark, Kari Espolin ^a   Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore ^a   Molven, Anders ^b   Mellgren, Gunnar ^a   Vintermyr, Olav Karsten ^a   Døskeland, Stein Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATECTOMY; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030992516     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250411     Document Type: Article

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