Epidermal growth factor is decreased in liver of rats with biliary cirrhosis but does not act as paracrine growth factor immediately after hepatectomy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-281

  Bissig, Karl Dimiter ^b   Marti, Ulrich ^b   Solioz, Marc ^b   Forestier, Marc ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^b   Lüthi, Michael ^b   Reichen, Jürg ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b M ^*

Author keywords

Acinus; Cholangiocytes; Immunohistochemistry; Regeneration; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033914213     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80368-2     Document Type: Article

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