Mechanisms of cell engraftment during liver repopulation with hepatocyte transplantation

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a,b   Bhargava, Kuldeep K ^b   Novikoff, Phyllis M ^b  

^a MARION BESSIN LIVER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte; Liver; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INDIUM 111; TECHNETIUM 99M; VASCULOTROPIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0032950292     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007094     Document Type: Review

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