Leptin is required for fibrogenic responses induced by thioacetamide in the murine liver

Hepatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-21

  Honda, Hajime ^a   Ikejima, Kenichi ^a   Hirose, Miyoko ^a   Yoshikawa, Mutsuko ^a   Lang, Tie ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Kitamura, Tsuneo ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROCOLLAGEN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0036288668     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2002.33684     Document Type: Article

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