Investigation of albumin-synthesizing ability in rat cirrhotic liver- derived hepatocytes using primary hepatocyte culture

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Koura, Takayoshi ^a   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a   Matsushita, Eiki ^a   Ohno, Hideki ^a   Kaji, Kyosuke ^a   Kobayashi, Kenichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cirrhosis; Hepatocyte; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FURFURAL; MESSENGER RNA; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0032813736     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80227-X     Document Type: Article

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