The role of polyamines in growth factor induced DNA synthesis in cultured rat hepatocytes

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1874-1879

  Higaki, Ikko ^a   Matsui Yuasa, Isao ^b   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a   Otani, Shuzo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor; Hepatocyte proliferation; Polyamine; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; COLLAGENASE; EFLORNITHINE; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGUAZONE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SCATTER FACTOR; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA REPLICATION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; LIVER; MALE; POLYAMINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0032768034     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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