Growth factors and gene expression in cultured rat hepatocytes

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Grunnet, Niels ^a   Peng, Xiaochang ^b   Tygstrup, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Culture density; Epidermal growth factor; Hepatic growth factor; Hepatocyte replication; Insulin like growth factor I; Liver specific functions; Rat hepatocyte culture

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BETA ACTIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CELL DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0032996381     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80171-8     Document Type: Article

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