Leptin augments inflammatory and profibrogenic responses in the murine liver induced by hepatotoxic chemicals

Hepatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 288-297

  Ikejima, Kenichi ^a   Honda, Hajime ^a   Yoshikawa, Mutsuko ^a   Hirose, Miyoko ^a   Kitamura, Tsuneo ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; LEPTIN; PROCOLLAGEN; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROGENESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0034927064     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.26518     Document Type: Article

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