Leptin is essential for the hepatic fibrogenic response to chronic liver injury

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-213

  Leclercq, Isabelle A ^a   Farrell, Geoffrey C ^a   Schriemer, Rixt ^b   Robertson, Graham R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic liver injury; Hepatic fibrosis; Leptin; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; LEPTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; TGFB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY LIVER; GENETICS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; LEPTIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036022846     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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