Increased MUC6 apomucin expression is a characteristic of reactive biliary epithelium in chronic viral hepatitis

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Sasaki, Motoko ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Ho, Samuel B ^b   Kim, Young S ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ductule; Immunohistochemistry in situ hybridization; Liver; MUC6 apomucin; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

APOMUCIN; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER DISEASES; MUCINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031866155     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199806)185:2<191::AID-PATH81>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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