Apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells: Involvement in resolution of biliary fibrosis and regulation by soluble growth factors

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 548-557

  Issa, R ^a   Williams, E ^a   Trim, N ^a   Kendall, T ^a   Arthur, M J P ^a   Reichen, J ^b   Benyon, R C ^a   Iredale, J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells; Insulin like growth factor; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REMISSION; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEPATOCYTES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0035083958     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.4.548     Document Type: Article

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