Kupffer cell activation with BCG, Corynebacterium parvum or zymosan protects against acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-162

  Pereira, Fausto E L ^a,b   Motta, Luciene ^a   Cardoso, Alfredo A ^a  

^a S Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria   (Brazil)

^b Rua Ludwick Macal 137   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Injuries; Kupffer cells; Liver

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOPROTECTION; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER DISEASES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NECROSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0031444897     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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