Hepatic oval cell activation in response to injury following chemically induced periportal or pericentral damage in rats

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1030-1038

  Petersen, Bryon E ^a   Zajac, Valerie F ^a   Michalopoulos, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL DIVISION; DNA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; PROPANOLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031898873     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270419     Document Type: Article

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