Expression and activation of pro-MMP-2 and pro-MMP-9 during rat liver regeneration

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-82

  Kim, Tae Hyoung ^a   Mars, Wendy M ^a   Stolz, Donna B ^a   Michalopoulos, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033971360     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310114     Document Type: Article

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