Protamine enhances the proliferative activity of hepatocyte growth factor in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 1 37-1, 1998, Pages

  Liu, Ke Xin ^a   Kato, Yukio ^a   Kaku, Tai Ichi ^b   Matsumoto, Kunio ^c   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^c   Sugiyama, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Bioproducts Industry Company   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug delivery system; Liver function; Liver regeneration

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031890587     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.1.g21     Document Type: Article

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