The correlation between portal myofibroblasts and development of intrahepatic bile ducts and arterial branches in human liver

Liver

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-258

  Libbrecht, Louis ^a   Cassiman, David ^a   Desmet, Valeer ^a   Roskams, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; Ductal plate; Fetal liver; Hepatic artery; Intrahepatic bile duct development; Portal myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; VIMENTIN; ACTIN; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEWBORN; PORTAL VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTINS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ARTERY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATIN; LIVER; PORTAL SYSTEM; VIMENTIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; KERATINS;

EID: 0035990952     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0106-9543.2002.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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