The role of activin and transforming growth factor-β in the regulation of organ mass in the rat liver

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 916-921

  Kogure, Kimitaka ^a   Zhang, You Qing ^b   Maeshima, Akito ^b   Suzuki, Keiji ^b   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a   Kojima, Itaru ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BROXURIDINE; CELL DNA; FOLLISTATIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0034029439     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.6100     Document Type: Article

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