Anti-fibrogenic effect of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on chronic carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats

Hepatology Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-158

  Ohishi, Tazuko ^a,b   Saito, Hidetsugu ^a   Tsusaka, Kensei ^c   Toda, Kyoko ^d   Inagaki, Hiroyuki ^d   Hamada, Yoshiki ^d   Kumagai, Naoki ^d   Atsukawa, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin converting inhibitor; Carbon tetrachloride; Fibrosis; Rat hepatic stellate cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FAT; HYDROXYPROLINE; LISINOPRIL; MESSENGER RNA; PROCOLLAGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC REGULATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0034807564     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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