High, but not low, dietary retinoids aggravate manifestation of rat liver fibrosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 791-799

  Vollmar, Brigette ^a   Heckmann, Christine ^a   Richter, Sven ^a   Menger, Michael D ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Fluorescence microscopy; Hepatic microcirculation; Rat; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; RETINOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FIBROGENESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; TOXICITY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0036067525     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02804.x     Document Type: Article

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