Intrahepatic expression of the hepatic stellate cell marker fibroblast activation protein correlates with the degree of fibrosis in hepatitis C virus infection

Liver

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-101

  Levy, M T ^a,c   McCaughan, G W ^a   Marinos, G ^b   Gorrell, M D ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; Cirrhosis; Fibroblast activation protein; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Hepatic stellate cell; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CELL MARKER; FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN; GELATINASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STELLATE CELL;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036268039     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2002.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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