Molecular mechanisms of augmenter of liver regeneration as immunoregulator: Its effect on interferon-γ expression in rat liver

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-225

  Polimeno, L ^a   Margiotta, M ^a   Marangi, L ^a   Lisowsky, T ^d   Azzarone, A ^a   Ierardi, E ^a   Frassanito, M A ^b   Francavilla, R ^c   Francavilla, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Univ degli Studi di Bari ^*

Author keywords

ALR; Cell proliferation; Hepatic IFN ; Immunosuppression; Mitochondrion

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTER OF LIVER REGENERATION PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; RAT;

EID: 0034121972     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(00)80824-5     Document Type: Article

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