Correlation between stellate cell activation and serum fibrosis markers in choline-deficient L-amino acid-defined diet-induced rat liver fibrosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1935-1943

  Hironaka, K ^a   Sakaida, I ^a   Uchida, K ^a   Okita, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Serum fibrosis markers, smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; AMINO ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROGENESIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; COLLAGEN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROCOLLAGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033741433     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005556328028     Document Type: Article

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