A putative role for eotaxin and RANTES in primary biliary cirrhosis: Eosinophilic infiltration and damaged bile ducts

Hepatology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-77

  Tsuneyama, Koichi ^a   Yasoshima, Mitsue ^a   Hiramatsu, Katsushi ^a   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^b   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Eotaxin; Primary biliary cirrhosis; RANTES

Indexed keywords

BETA CHEMOKINE; CHLORDANE; EOTAXIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; RANTES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032705161     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(99)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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