Leptin receptor-mediated signaling regulates hepatic fibrogenesis and remodeling of extracellular matrix in the rat

Gastroenterology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1399-1410

  Ikejima, Kenichi ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a   Honda, Hajime ^a   Hirose, Miyoko ^a   Yoshikawa, Mutsuko ^a   Zhang, Yan Jun ^a   Lang, Tie ^a   Fukuda, Toru ^a   Yamashina, Shunhei ^a   Kitamura, Tsuneo ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; ITO CELL; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; TRANSACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036234147     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.32995     Document Type: Article

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