Beta-carotene reduces the ductular (oval) cell reaction in the liver of Wistar rats submitted to the resistant hepatocyte model of carcinogenesis

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Dagli, Maria Lúcia Z ^a   Guerra, José L ^a   Sinhorini, Idércio L ^a   Wu, Ton Sen ^a   Rizzi, Maria Beatriz S L ^a   Penteado, Marilene V C ^a   Moreno, Fernando S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Ductular cell reaction; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Ito cells; Myofibroblasts; Oval cells; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA CAROTENE; CORN OIL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031657271     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169416     Document Type: Article

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