Apoptosis in acute hepatic failure: Histopathological study of human liver tissue using the tunel method and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Kasahara, Ichiro ^a,c   Saitoh, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Kyoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; Apoptosis; Bax; Immunohistochemistry; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; FAS ANTIGEN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MOTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL DEATH; CELL MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034261520     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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