Transforming growth factor α levels in liver and blood correlate better than hepatocyte growth factor with hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 955-961

  Tomiya, Tomoaki ^a   Ogata, Itsuro ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031685201     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65637-4     Document Type: Article

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