Expression of the stem cell factor receptor c-kit in normal and diseased pediatric liver: Identification of a human hepatic progenitor cell?

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-117

  Baumann, Ulrich ^a   Crosby, Heather A ^b   Ramani, Pramila ^a   Kelly, Deirdre A ^a   Strain, Alastair J ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; STEM CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033026045     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300140     Document Type: Article

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