Intensive expansion of natural killer T cells in the early phase of hepatocyte regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice and its association with sympathetic nerve activation

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 907-915

  Minagawa, Masahiro ^a   Oya, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Takao ^a   Bannai, Makoto ^a   Kawamura, Hiroki ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a   Abo, Toru ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LIVER REGENERATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0034106520     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.5850     Document Type: Article

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