Induction of hepatocyte growth factor activator messenger RNA in the liver following tissue injury and acute inflammation

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Okajima, Ai ^a   Miyazawa, Keiji ^a   Naitoh, Yuji ^a   Inoue, Kyoichi ^a   Kitamura, Naomi ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TOXIN; TURPENTINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

EID: 0031012852     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250118     Document Type: Article

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