The in vivo effect of hepatotrophic factors augmenter of liver regeneration, hepatocyte growth factor, and insulin-like growth factor-II on liver natural killer cell functions

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 411-415

  Francavilla, Antonio ^a,c   Vujanovic, Nikola L ^b   Polimeno, Lorenzo ^a,c   Azzarone, Alessandro ^a,c   Iacobellis, Angelo ^a,c   Deleo, Albert ^b   Hagiya, Michio ^d   Whiteside, Theresa L ^b   Starzl, Thomas E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d TOYOBO CO LTD   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031034380     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v25.pm0009021955     Document Type: Article

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