Unique epithelial cell production of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor by putative precancerous intestinal metaplasias and associated 'intestinal-type' biliary cancer chemically induced in rat liver

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1257-1265

  Lai, Guan Hua ^a   Radaeva, Svetlana ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^b   Sirica, Alphonse E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034110586     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.8108     Document Type: Article

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