Heparin accelerates liver regeneration following portal branch ligation in normal and cirrhotic rats with increased plasma hepatocyte growth factor levels

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-92

  Nakao, Teizo ^a   Arii, Shigeki ^b   Kaido, Toshimi ^a   Mori, Akira ^a   Murata, Toru ^a   Matsumori, Akira ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heparin; Hepatocyte growth factor; Liver regeneration; Portal branch ligation

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; HEPARIN; SCATTER FACTOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN LIGATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035991448     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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